Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 17 · Administration in Bankruptcy
382. Power to impound passport, etc., of bankrupt
Feedback & supportThe Official Assignee may, if the Official Assignee thinks it necessary for the purposes of ensuring that a bankrupt does not leave Singapore during the administration of the bankrupt’s estate, issue a direction to the Controller of Immigration to request that the bankrupt be prevented from leaving Singapore.
Official Assignee
“Official Assignee” means the Official Assignee appointed under section 16(1) and includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;
Subject to any order issued or made under any written law relating to banishment or immigration, the Controller of Immigration must pursuant to the direction under subsection (1) take, or cause to be taken by any immigration officer, such measures as may be necessary to prevent the bankrupt named in the direction from leaving Singapore, including the detention of the bankrupt’s passport, certificate of identity or travel document authorising the bankrupt to leave or enter Singapore.
officer
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director or secretary of the corporation, or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)a liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)a receiver who is not also a manager;(e)a receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)a liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7;
Where the Controller of Immigration has detained the passport, certificate of identity or other travel document of a bankrupt under subsection (2), the Controller must forthwith forward the passport, certificate of identity or travel document to the Official Assignee.
document
“document” includes any summons, order or other legal process, any notice and any register;
Despite subsections (1), (2) and (3), the Official Assignee may, if the Official Assignee thinks fit, detain any passport, certificate of identity or other travel document authorising the bankrupt to leave or enter Singapore.
bankrupt
“bankrupt” means —(a)an 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;
The Official Assignee may, if the Official Assignee thinks fit, retain or return to the bankrupt the passport, certificate of identity or travel document forwarded to the Official Assignee by the Controller of Immigration under subsection (3) or detained by the Official Assignee under subsection (4).