Singapore legislation
Section 109
Section 109
Appropriation of portion of pay or salary to creditors
(1)
Where the bankrupt is an officer of the Singapore Armed Forces or a public officer or otherwise employed or engaged in the public service of the Government, the Official Assignee shall receive for distribution amongst the creditors so much of the bankrupt’s pay or salary as the court, on the application of the Official Assignee, directs.
(2)
Where a bankrupt is —
in receipt of a salary or income other than as mentioned in subsection (1); or
entitled to any half-pay, pension or compensation granted by the Government or any other employer,the court shall, on the application of the Official Assignee, subject to any written law relating to pensions, make such order as it may think just for the payment of the salary, income, half-pay, pension or compensation or of any part thereof to the Official Assignee, to be applied by him in such manner as the court directs.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to abrogate the right of the Government to dismiss a bankrupt or to declare the half-pay, pension or compensation of any bankrupt to be forfeited.
(4)
In fixing the amount to be received by the Official Assignee under this section, the court shall, without prejudice to subsection (5), have regard to the scale of appropriation of salary in any general rule made for the purposes of this section by the Minister under section 166.
(5)
The court may, in its discretion, fix a larger or smaller amount than the amount provided in the scale.