Section 722 of Insolvency Act CAP 53: Courts, Official Receiver and others to publish orders and notices on their respective websites
(1) As soon as practicable after the Court has made an order under a provision of this Act, the Registrar of the Court shall publish on the Court's website a copy of the order or a summary of its contents sufficient to inform creditors and other interested persons of the effect of the order.
(2) If the Official Receiver, an interim trustee or a bankruptcy trustee is required to publish a notice under a provision of this Act or takes a prescribed step in the bankruptcy process relating a bankrupt, the Official Receiver, interim trustee or bankruptcy trustee shall publish a copy of the notice, or the prescribed details of the step taken, on the website of the Official Receiver, interim trustee or bankruptcy trustee.
(3) If a liquidator or provisional liquidator is required to publish a notice under a provision of this Act or takes a prescribed step in the liquidation process relating a company that is in liquidation, the liquidator or provisional liquidator shall publish a copy of the notice, or the prescribed details of the step taken, on the website of the liquidator or provisional liquidator.
(4) If an administrator is required to publish a notice under a provision of this Act or takes a prescribed step in the administration process relating a company that is under administration, the administrator shall publish a copy of the notice, or the prescribed details of the step taken, on the website of the administrator.
(5) In this section, "prescribed step" means a step prescribed by the insolvency regulations for the purposes of this section.
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