1918
No. 10 of 1931.
BANKRUPTCY.
Certain persons other than the debtor.
132. (1) If any manager, accountant or book-keeper in the employment of the debtor does any act which if committed by the debtor would be a contravention of any of the provisions of paragraph (i) or paragraph (j) of sub-section (1) of section 131, or is privy to any such act whether committed by the debtor or by any other person, such manager, accountant or book-keeper shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 7 (2).
(2) Where any person pawns, pledges or disposes of any property in circumstances which amount to a misdemeanor under paragraph (o) of sub-section (1) of section 131, every person who takes in pawn or pledge or otherwise receives the property, knowing it to be pawned, pledged or disposed of in such circumstances as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years or upon summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.
Undischarged bankrupt obtaining credit.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 155.
133. Any undischarged bankrupt shall in each of the cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor-
(1) if either alone or jointly with any other person he obtains credit to the extent of one hundred dollars or upwards from any person without first informing that person that he is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(2) if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt and in the course of such trade or business obtains credit from any person without first disclosing to such person the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt; or
(3) if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt without first publishing, once in the Gazette, and in three successive issues of two local newspapers one of which shall be Chinese, a notice containing the following particulars-
(a) the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt;
(b) the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the adjudication;
(c) the name or names under which he intends to carry on the trade or business;
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
1918
No. 10 of 1931.
BANKRUPTCY.
Certain
persons other than the debtor.
132. (1) If any manager, accountant or book-keeper in the offences by employment of the debtor does any act which if committed by the debtor would be a contravention of any of the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (j) of sub-section (1) of section 131, or is privy to any such act whether committed by the debtor or by any other person, such manager, accountant or book-keeper shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
16 & 17
8. 5 (2).
(2) Where any person pawns, pledges or disposes of any Geo. 5, c. 7, property in circumstances which amount to a misdemeanor under paragraph (o) of sub-section (1) of section 131, every person who takes in pawn or pledge or otherwise receives the property, knowing it to be pawned, pledged or disposed of in such circumstances as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction on indictment be liable to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding five years or upon summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.
Undis- charged
bankrupt
obtaining credit.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 155.
*
.
133. Any undischarged bankrupt shall in each of the cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor-
(1) if either alone or jointly with any other person he obtains credit to the extent of one hundred dollars or upwards from any person without first informing that person that he is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(2) if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt and in the course of such trade or business obtains credit from any person without first disclosing to such person the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt; or
(3) if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt without first publishing, once in the Gazette, and in three successive issues of two local newspapers one of which shall be Chinese, a notice containing the following particulars-
(a) the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt;
(b) the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the adjudication;
(c) the name or names under which he intends to carry on the trade or business;
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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