Singapore legislation

Clause 10

Amendment of section 59

Section 59 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(b)he becomes of unsound mind;

(c)

he is an undischarged bankrupt or a receiving order in bankruptcy is in force against him;

(d)

he has entered into a composition with his creditors or a deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors; or

(e)

he has one or more outstanding judgments against him amounting in the aggregate to one hundred thousand dollars or more which he has been unable to satisfy within six months from the date of the earliest judgment.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of” in the second line of subsection (2) thereof;

(c)

by deleting the words “paragraph (a) or (b) of” in the first line of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) thereof; and

(d)

by deleting the words “paragraph (a) or (b) of” in the fourth line of subsection (3) thereof.

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