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594 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864.


Bankruptcy and Insolvency.


under such petitions , or may impound any such petition or petitions , or
annul the proceedings thereunder, or any part thereof, upon such terms
as the Court shall see fit ; and may order any petition or petitions to be

proceeded in either separately or in conjunction with any other or others ;
and may remove the assignees under any such petition or petitions, and
appoint others as it shall see fit .

If debtor is 49. Whenever any petition for adjudication shall have been filed
about to leave
the Colony or against any person , and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Court
conceal his
goods, Court that there is probable cause for believing that such person is about to
may order
him to be quit the Colony , or to remove or conceal any of his goods or chattels
arrested .
with intent to defraud or defeat his creditors unless he be forthwith

apprehended, the Court may issue a warrant, directed to such person
as the Court shall think fit , whereby such last mentioned person shall

have authority to arrest the person against whom such petition shall have
been filed , and also to seize his books, papers , monies , securities for
monies, goods and chattels, wheresoever he or they may be found , and
him or them safely keep until the expiration of the time allowed for
adjudication on such petition , or until such person shall be adjudged
bankrupt under such petition , and be thereon dealt with according to this
Ordinance : Provided, that any person arrested upon any such warrant,
or any person whose books , papers, monies, securities for monies, goods or
chattels , have been seized under any such warrant, may apply, at any time
after such arrest or seizure, to the Court for an order or rule on the peti
tioning creditor to show cause why the person arrested , should not be
discharged out of custody, or why his books , papers, monies , securities for
monies, goods and chattels , should not be delivered up to him, and the
Court may make absolute, or discharge such order or rule .

As to Adjudication of Bankruptcy.

Notice of 50. Notice of all adjudications shall be given in the Hongkong Gov
adjudication.
ernment Gazette .

Before notice 51. Before notice of any adjudication granted upon a creditor's
of adjudica
tion given in petition shall be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette and such
Hongkong
Government other newspapers as the Court may direct, and at or before the time of
Gazette, debt
or to have putting in execution any warrant of seizure which shall have been granted
notice thereof.
upon such adjudication , a duplicate of such adjudication shall be served

on the person adjudged bankrupt , personally, or by leaving the same at
the usual or last known place of abode, or place of business of such person ;