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ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864 . 595


Bankruptcy and Insolvency.


and such person shall be allowed seven days, or such extended time, as
the Court shall think fit, from the service of such duplicate to show cause

to the Court against the validity of such adjudication : and if such person
shall , within such time, show to the satisfaction of the Court that the peti
tioning creditor's debt and act of bankruptcy upon which such adjudica
tion has been grounded , or any or either of such matters are insufficient
to support such adjudication , and upon such showing no other creditor's

debt and act of bankruptcy sufficient to support such adjudication , or such
of the said last mentioned matters as shall be requisite to support such

adjudication , in lieu of the petitioning creditor's debt , and act of bank
ruptcy or any or either of such matters, which shall be deemed insufficient

in that behalf as the case may be , shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
Court, the Court shall thereupon order such adjudication to be annulled
and the same shall by such order be annulled accordingly : but if at the
expiration of the said time no cause shall have been shown to the satisfac
tion of the Court for the annulling of such adjudication the Court shall
forthwith after the expiration of such time, cause notice of such adjudica
tion to be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette and such other
newspapers as the Court may direct , and shall, if necessary , appoint a day
for such bankrupt to surrender and conform : Provided that the Court
shall have power from time to time to enlarge the time for the bankrupt 1

surrendering himself, for such time as the Court shall think fit , so as every

such order be made six days at least before the day on which such bank
rupt was to surrender himself : Provided also , that if any person so

adjudged bankrupt shall before the expiration of the time allowed for
showing cause, surrender himself, and give his consent, testified in writing 8
under his hand , to such adjudication being advertised , the Court after such I

consent so given, shall forthwith cause the notice of adjudication to be 4
advertised and appoint the sittings for the bankrupt to surrender and
conform .

52. Whenever any bankrupt is in prison, or in custody under any If bankrupt
in prison,
process , attachment , execution , commitment or sentence, the Court may Court may ap
point a person
appoint à person to attend him from time to time to produce to him his to attend him.

books , papers and writings, in order that he may prepare his balance sheet
and show the particulars of his estate and effects .

53. When any person shall have been adjudged a bankrupt, all his Bankrupt's
property to
personal estate and effects present and future, wheresoever the same may vest in the
assignees.
be found or known, and all property which he may purchase, or which