A.D. 1891.
BANKRUPTCY.
[No. 7.]
deemed equivalent to notice of an act of bankruptcy, and any transfer, disposition, charge, delivery, contract, or payment made relating to or affecting the property to be administered under the order, and any execution or attachment had against the said property or any part thereof, after notice of the presentation of such petition, shall be void against the Trustee. Save as aforesaid, nothing in this section shall invalidate any payment made or any act or thing done or suffered in good faith before the making of the order for administration.
Offences.
51
of fraudulent
82(1.) Any person against whom a receiving order has been made, Punishment whether adjudged bankrupt or not, shall, in each of the cases following, debtors. be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years; that is to say,
(a) if he does not, to the best of his knowledge and belief, fully and truly discover to the Trustee all his property, and how, and to whom, and for what consideration, and when he disposed of any part thereof, except such part as may have been disposed of in the ordinary way of his trade or laid out in the ordinary expense of his family, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud;
(b) if he does not deliver up to the Trustee or as he may direct all such part of his property as is in his custody or under his control and which he is required by law to deliver up, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud;
(c) if he does not deliver up to the Trustee or as he may direct all books, documents, papers, and writings in his custody or under his control relating to his property or affairs, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud;
(d) if after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or within four months next before such presentation, he conceals any part of his property to the value of fifty dollars or upwards, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud or to conceal any debt due to or from him;
(e) if after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or within four months next before such presentation, he fraudulently removes any part of his property to the value of fifty dollars or upwards;
(f) if he makes any material omission or misstatement in any Statement relating to his affairs, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 62 s. 11.
A.D. 1891.1
BANKRUPTCY.
[No. 7.
eemed equivalent to notice of an act of bankruptcy, and any transfer, sposition, charge, delivery, contract, or payment made relating to or ffecting the property to be administered under the order, and any execution or attachment had against the said property or any part thereof, after notice of the presentation of such petition, shall be void against the Trustee. Save as aforesaid, nothing in this section shall invalidate any payment made or any act or thing done or suffered in
ood faith before the making of the order for administration.
Offences.
51
of fraudulent
82(1.) Any person against whom a receiving order has been made, Punishment whether adjudged bankrupt or not, shall, in each of the cases following, debtors. be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not ex- ceeding two years; that is to say,
(a) if he does not, to the best of his knowledge and belief, fully. and truly discover to the Trustee all his property, and how, and to whom, and for what consideration, and when he dis- posed of any part thereof, except such part as may have been disposed of in the ordinary way of his trade or laid out in the ordinary expense of his family, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud
(b) if he does not deliver up to the Trustee or as he may direct all such part of his property as is in his custody or under his control and which he is required by law to deliver up, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud;
(c) if he does not deliver up to the Trustee or as he may direct all books, documents, papers, and writings in his custody or under his control relating to his property or affairs, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud; (d) if after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or within four months next before such presenta- tion, he conceals any part of his property to the value of fifty dollars or upwards, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud or to conceal any debt due to or from him (e) if after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or
against him or within four months next before such presenta tion, he fraudulently removes any part of his property to the
lue of fifty dollars or upwards
() if he makes any material omission or misstatement in any Statement relating to his affairs, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud
32 & 33 Fict.
c.. 62 s. 11.
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