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634 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864 .


Bankruptcy and Insolvency.


to the assignees , shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars , and double
Allowance to
the value of the estate so concealed : and any person who shall after such
persons
making time voluntarily discover to the Court or to the assignees any part of
discovery.
such bankrupt's estate not before come to the knowledge of the assignees ,
shall be allowed five per centum thereupon, and such further reward as
the assignees with the consent of the Court shall think fit ; to be paid out
of the estate recovered on such discovery.

Inserting 177. Any person who shall insert or cause to be inserted in the
advertise
ments Hongkong Government Gazette or in any newspaper any advertisement
without
authority. under this Ordinance, without authority or knowing the same to be false
in any material particular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two

years .

Moneyforfeit 178. All sums of money forfeited under this Ordinance may be sued
ed under this
Ordinance , for by the Creditors ' Assignee or such other person as the Court shall by
how to be
sued for. order direct. And the money so recovered ( the charges of suit being
And how
applied. deducted) shall be paid over in such manner as the Court shall by General
Order direct .

As to Notices and Advertisements.

What notices 179. All notices by this Ordinance or by General Order required
to be sent by
post. to be served on any person shall be sent by post addressed to the last
known place of business or abode of such person, subject to such
regulations as to registration and otherwise as such General Orders shall
Proviso. direct, provided that this present section shall not apply to or affect notices
by this Ordinance or by any General Order required to be personally
served.

As to Evidence.

Petitions and 180. Any petition for adjudication, or arrangement, adjudication of
other
proceedings bankruptcy, assignment, appointment of Official or Creditors ' Assignee,
in bank
ruptcy, and certificate, deposition , or other proceeding or order in bankruptcy, or
copies
purporting to under any of the provisions of this Ordinance, appearing to be sealed with
be sealed with
the seal of the seal of the Court under this Ordinance, or any writing purporting to
the Court
admissible in be a copy of any such document and purporting to be so sealed , shall at
evidence.
all times, and on behalf of all persons, and whether for the purposes of
this Ordinance or otherwise, be admitted in all Courts whatever as ev

idence of such documents respectively, and of such proceedings and orders