CAP. 6]
Bankruptcy.
[s. 134 cont.] takings, and (except in the case of goods sold by way of retail trade to the actual consumer) accounts of all goods sold and purchased showing the buyers and sellers thereof in sufficient detail to enable the goods and the buyers and sellers thereof to be identified. In the case of books or accounts kept in the Chinese language a person shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed not to have kept proper books of account if he has not kept such books or accounts as may be proved to be usual and necessary, for the purposes aforesaid, in the particular trade or business carried on by the debtor.
[136
Bankrupt absconding
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 159.
135. If any person who is adjudged bankrupt, or in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him, or within six months before such presentation, quits the Colony and takes with him, or attempts or makes preparation to quit the Colony and take with him, any part of his property to the amount of one hundred dollars or upwards, which ought by law to be divided amongst his creditors, he shall (unless he proves that he had no intent to defraud) be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[137
Debtor concealing himself to avoid service, etc.
False claim, etc.
136. If any person against whom a receiving order is made conceals himself or absents himself from his usual or last known place of abode or business or quits the Colony, with intent to avoid service of any process in bankruptcy or to avoid examination in respect of his affairs or otherwise to defeat, embarrass or delay any proceedings against him in bankruptcy, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or within three months next before such presentation, conceals or absents himself as aforesaid or quits the Colony shall until the contrary is proved be deemed to have concealed or absented himself or quitted the Colony with such intent as is mentioned in this section.
[138
137. If any creditor, or any person claiming to be a creditor, in any bankruptcy proceedings, wilfully and with intent to defraud makes any false claim, or any proof, declaration or statement of account which is untrue in
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 160.
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CAP. 6]
Bankruptcy.
[s. 134 cont.] takings, and (except in the case of goods sold by way of retail trade to the actual consumer) accounts of all goods sold and purchased showing the buyers and sellers thereof in sufficient detail to enable the goods and the buyers and sellers thereof to be identified. In the case of books or accounts kept in the Chinese language a person shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed not to have kept proper books of account if he has not kept such books or accounts as may be proved to be usual and necessary, for the purposes aforesaid, in the particular trade or business carried on by the debtor.
[136
Bankrupt absconding
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 159.
135. If any person who is adjudged bankrupt, or in with property. respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him, or within six months before such presentation, quits the Colony and takes with him, or attempts or makes preparation to quit the Colony and take with him, any part of his property to the amount of one hundred dollars or upwards, which ought by law to be divided amongst his creditors, he shall (unless he proves that he had no intent to defraud) be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[137
Debtor
concealing himself to avoid
service, etc.
False claim,
etc.
136. If any person against whom a receiving order is made conceals himself or absents himself from his usual or last known place of abode or business or quits the Colony, with intent to avoid service of any process in bankruptcy or to avoid examination in respect of his affairs or otherwise to defeat, embarrass or delay any proceedings against him in bankruptcy, he shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor. A person who, after the presentation of a bank- ruptcy petition by or against him or within three months next before such presentation, conceals or absents himself as aforesaid or quits the Colony shall until the contrary is proved be deemed to have concealed or absented him- self or quitted the Colony with such intent as is mentioned in this section.
[138
137. If any creditor, or any person claiming to be a 4 & 5 Geo. 5, creditor, in any bankruptcy proceedings, wilfully and with intent to defraud makes any false claim, or any proof, declaration or statement of account which is untrue in
c. 59, s. 160.
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252
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