Bankruptcy.
(2) Where any person pawns, pledges or disposes of any property in circumstances which amount to a misdemeanor under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 129, 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 five years or upon summary conviction to imprisonment for one year.
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[CAP. 6
16 & 17 s. 5 (2).
Gro. 5, c. 7.
charged bankrupt obtaining credit.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 155.
131. Any undischarged bankrupt shall in each of the following cases be guilty of a misdemeanor-
(a) 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
(b) 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
(c) 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—
(i) the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt;
(ii) the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the adjudication;
(iii) the name or names under which he intends to carry on the trade or business;
(iv) the nature of the trade or business which he intends to carry on; and
(v) the address or addresses at which he intends to carry it on.
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132. Any person who has been adjudged bankrupt or in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made
Frauds by bankrupts, etc.,
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 156.
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Bankruptcy.
(2) Where any person pawns, pledges or disposes of any property in circumstances which amount to a mis- demeanor under paragraph (0) of subsection (1) of section 129, 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 indict- ment be liable to imprisonment for five years or upon summary conviction to imprisonment for one year.
[132
[CAP. 6
16 & 17 s. 5 (2).
Gro. 5, c. 7.
charged bankrupt obtaining
credit.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 155.
131. Any undischarged bankrupt shall in each of the Undis- cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor-
(a) 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 (b) 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
(c) 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—
(i) the name or names under which he was ad- judicated bankrupt;
(ii) the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the adjudication;
(iii) the name or names under which he intends
to carry on the trade or business;
(iv) the nature of the trade or business which he intends to carry on; and
(v) the address or addresses at which he intends to carry it on.
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132. Any person who has been adjudged bankrupt or in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made
Frauds by etc.,
bankrupts,
4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 59, s. 156.
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