Section 173 of Insolvency Act CAP 53: Report of examination not to be published without court's consent

Sections 168 to 173 also apply when the bankruptcy trustee has been appointed as interim trustee in respect of all or part of a debtor's property under section 36 and, for that purpose, references in...

(1) A person is not entitled as against the bankruptcy trustee to withhold possession of, or claim a lien over— (a) a document that belongs to the bankrupt; or (b) the bankrupt's business...

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) fails to comply with a summons attend the public examination of a bankrupt as required by section 168(1); (b) fails without reasonable excuse to...

(1) At any time before an absolute order for a bankrupt's discharge is made— (a) the bankruptcy trustee; or if a ordinary resolution has been passed at a creditor's meeting seeking the public...

(1) As soon as practicable after the Court has made an order under section 177, the bankruptcy trustee shall serve a copy of the order on the bankrupt. (2) At least seven days before the date fixed...

Before the public examination of a bankrupt before the Court begins, the bankruptcy trustee shall lodge with the Court a report on— (a) the bankrupt's estate; (b) the bankrupt's conduct; and (c) all...

(1) At the time and date fixed by the Court for holding the public examination of a bankrupt, the bankrupt shall attend the examination, and may be examined as to the bankrupt's conduct, affairs and...

(1) On the holding of a public examination of a bankrupt before the Court, the Court shall ensure that a written record is made of the examination. (2) The Court shall also ensure that the record of...

(1) The public examination of a bankrupt ends when the Court makes an order declaring that the examination is ended. (2) The Court may make an order declaring that the examination has ended only if...

If the bankrupt does not appear for the examination at the appointed time and has no reasonable excuse— (a) the Court may, either on the bankruptcy trustee's application or its own initiative, by...

(1) A bankrupt is entitled to be paid such expenses for attending a public examination before the Court as are prescribed by the insolvency regulations for the purposes of this section. (2) It the...

(1) If authorised by the Court, the bankruptcy trustee or a person appointed by that trustee may exercise the powers specified in subsection (2) in relation to a company with which the bankrupt is...

(1) A person (including the bankrupt) who is examined or questioned at a public examination of a bankrupt shall answer all questions put to the person in relation to the bankrupt's conduct, affairs...

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse— (a) fails to attend an examination as required by section 180(1); (b) fails to deliver a document as required under section 180(4)(a); (c) fails to...

(1) A person (including the bankrupt) who is examined or questioned at a public examination of a bankrupt is entitled to be represented by an advocate. (2) Such a person may be questioned by the...

If a bankrupt is a party to a contract, the bankruptcy trustee may— (a) continue the contract, subject to the terms of the contract and all relevant rules of law; or (b) disclaim the contract if it...

(1) This section applies if the other party to a contract to which the bankrupt is a party, in accordance with a term of the contract, terminates the contract in consequence of the...

(1) This section applies to a payment of money or a delivery of property to a person who is adjudged bankrupt, whether the payment or delivery is made— (a) on the order of the person; or (b) from...

If the bankrupt is jointly liable under a contract with another person, that other person may sue and be sued on the contract without the bankrupt being joined as a party to the proceeding.

(1) The bankruptcy trustee may recover money paid by a bankrupt to the bankrupt's advocate for costs in obtaining a bankruptcy order, except for those (if any) prescribed for the purpose of this...

(1) This Division applies to the following irregular transactions by the bankrupt before the bankruptcy commenced— (a) an insolvent transaction; (b) an insolvent charge; (c) an insolvent...

For the purposes of this Division, a two year period or a six months period referred to in this Division can be extended— (a) in the case of a bankruptcy order made on a creditor's application, by...

A transaction by a bankrupt can be cancelled on the bankruptcy trustee's initiative if it— (a) is an insolvent transaction; and (b) was made within two years immediately before the bankruptcy...

(1) For the purposes of section 196, a transaction is an insolvent transaction by a bankrupt if it— (a) is entered into or made at a time when the bankrupt is unable to pay the bankrupt's debts;...

For the purposes of section 196, a transaction that was entered into within the six months before a bankrupt is adjudged bankrupt is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been made at a time...

(1) This section applies if a series of transactions made for commercial purposes forms an integral part of a continuing business relationship (such as a running account) between a bankrupt and a...

A charge over any property of a bankrupt can be cancelled on the bankruptcy trustee's initiative if— (a) the charge was created within the two years immediately before the bankruptcy commenced;...

(1) A charge may not be cancelled under section 200 if it secures— (a) money actually advanced or paid; (b) the actual price or value vof property sold or transferred; or (c) any other valuable...

A bankrupt who gave a charge within the six months immediately preceding the commencement of the bankruptcy is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been unable to pay the bankrupt's debts...

(1) If, in relation to property purchased by a bankrupt, the bankrupt has given to the seller a charge over the property within the two years immediately preceding the bankruptcy, section 200 does not...

(1) This section applies if the bankrupt has made a payment or payments to a secured creditor after the bankrupt has given a charge to which section 202 or 203 applies. (2) The bankruptcy trustee...

A charge or a security right given by the bankrupt under an agreement to give the charge or create a security right that was made or made effective against third parties before the two years...

A gift made by a bankrupt to another person can be cancelled on the bankruptcy trustee's initiative if the bankrupt made the gift within the two years immediately preceding the commencement of the...

(1) A gift by a bankrupt to another person can be also cancelled on the bankruptcy trustee's initiative if — (a) the bankrupt made the gift during the period beginning five years and ending two...

(1) The procedure set out in this section applies to the following irregular transactions— (a) an insolvent transaction; (b) an insolvent charge; (c) an insolvent gift; (d) any other transaction of...

(1) On the cancellation of an irregular transaction under which property of the bankrupt, or an interest in property of the bankrupt, was transferred, the Court may make an order— (a) for the...

The Court may not make an order under section 209 against a person if the person proves that when the person received the property or interest in the property— (a) the person acted in good...

(1) Under section 212, the bankruptcy trustee may recover from a party to a transaction with the bankrupt an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula: A = B - C where— A is the...

(1) The bankruptcy trustee may make an application to the Court for an order directing the recipient of a contribution by the bankrupt to the recipient's property to pay the value of the contribution...

(1) The Court may— (a) ascertain the value of the bankrupt's contribution for the purposes of section 212; and (b) order the recipient to pay an amount equal to that value to the bankruptcy...

(1) The bankruptcy trustee shall apply— (a) the money repaid under section 212 by the recipient of a contribution by the bankrupt to property; or (b) the proceeds of sale of that property, by taking...

(1) For the purposes of this Division, a creditor's claim is a document that a creditor submits to the bankruptcy trustee for the purpose of proving the debt. (2) A debt is proved when it is allowed...

(1) For the purpose of this Division, a provable debt is a debt or liability that the bankrupt owes— (a) at the commencement of the bankruptcy; or (b) after that commencement but before discharge,...

(1) A creditor (including a creditor who has a preferential claim) who wishes to claim in the bankruptcy shall submit a creditor's claim to the bankruptcy trustee before the deadline for submitting...

(1) The bankruptcy trustee shall examine each creditor's claim and the grounds of the debt, unless of the opinion that no dividend will be paid to creditors. (2) As soon as practicable after...

As soon as practicable after rejecting a creditor's claim, or a part of it, the bankruptcy trustee shall give the creditor a notice rejecting the claim or part and specifying the grounds for the...

(1) The bankruptcy trustee may summon for examination, and examine (on oath or otherwise), any of the following persons— (a) a person who has submitted a creditor's claim; (b) a person who has made...

(1) The bankrupt or any creditor may give the bankruptcy trustee notice to allow or reject a creditor's claim. (2) It the bankruptcy trustee has not made a decision allowing or rejecting the...

(1) The Official Receiver, the bankrupt or a creditor may make an application to the Court for an order under subsection (2) on the ground that the bankruptcy trustee improperly allowed a creditor's...

(1)A creditor whose claim has been rejected by the bankruptcy trustee may apply to the Court to make an order under subsection (3). (2)An application can be made only within twenty-one days after the...