Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill

Clause 4

Repeal and re-enactment of section 14

Section 14 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —“Power of court to rescind receiving order in certain cases14.—

(1)

If in any case where a receiving order has been made on a bankruptcy petition it appears to the court, upon an application by the Official Assignee or any creditor or other person interested, that a majority of the creditors in number and value are resident in Malaysia, and that from the situation of the property of the debtor or for other causes his estate and effects ought to be distributed among the creditors under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of Malaysia, the court, after such inquiry as to it seems fit, may rescind the receiving order and stay all proceedings on or dismiss the petition upon such terms, if any, as it thinks fit.(2) If the debtor has been adjudged bankrupt, in any such case the court shall also annul the adjudication after rescinding the receiving order.”.