Clause 47

The Bankruptcy Act is amended by renumbering section 133 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) An individual who is a bankrupt is not guilty of any offence under section 135(a), (b) or (d), 136(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), 139(a) or 141(1)(a), (b) or (c) if the individual proves that, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, the individual did not know or have any reason to believe that the individual had been made a bankrupt.”.