163. List of undischarged bankrupts to be kept
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The Official Assignee shall maintain, in such form or manner as he thinks fit —
Official Assignee
“Official Assignee” includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;
a list of undischarged bankrupts; and
a record of every bankruptcy order and every order rescinding, annulling or discharging any bankruptcy order,and may allow any person, on payment of the prescribed fee, to inspect or otherwise have access to any part of such list or record as the Official Assignee may determine.
Where the question arises as to whether a person is an undischarged bankrupt, a certificate from the Official Assignee stating whether or not that person is an undischarged bankrupt shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
bankrupt
“bankrupt” means —(a)the individual debtor who has been adjudged bankrupt by a bankruptcy order; or(b)where a bankruptcy order has been made against a firm, each of the partners in the firm;