Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Official Assignee, Official Receiver and Insolvency Practitioners
36. Appointment of person other than Official Assignee as trustee in bankruptcy
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The Court may, in the following circumstances, appoint a person other than the Official Assignee to be the trustee of a bankrupt’s estate:
when making a bankruptcy order, and on the application under subsection (2) of the person who applied for the bankruptcy order;
at any time after the making of a bankruptcy order that has not been discharged or annulled, and on the application of any creditor, the bankrupt, the Official Assignee or any existing trustee of the bankrupt’s estate.
A person applying for a bankruptcy order must apply to the Court for the appointment of a person other than the Official Assignee to be the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate, unless the Official Assignee has consented to be the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate.
bankruptcy order
“bankruptcy order” means an order adjudging a debtor bankrupt;
The official name of the trustee is —
trustee
“trustee”, in relation to a bankruptcy and a bankrupt, means the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate and includes the Official Assignee when acting as trustee of the bankrupt’s estate;
“the Trustee of the Estate of (name of bankrupt), a Bankrupt”; or
“the Trustee in Bankruptcy of (name of bankrupt), a Bankrupt”.
[Deleted by Act 1 of 2023 wef 01/11/2023]