BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1867

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1867

Bankruptcy Amendment..

No. 15 of 1867.

An Ordinance to amend 'The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864.'

[5th December, 1867.]

~HEREAS circumstances occasionally arise which render it in-
'. expedient that the Registrar of the Supreme Court should be,the~
Official Assignee as provided by section 6 of 'The Bankruptcy Ordinance,,
1864:' Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the-
,advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor whenever he shall deem it
expedient to nominate and appoint some person other than the I-registrar
of the Supreme Court to be the Official Assignee of the estate and
effects of
a bankrupt, which said person shall be the Official Assignee of the
estate and
:effects of such bankrupt; Provided always that nothing herein contained
shall protect the Registrar of the Supreme .Court from any action or suit
which may be brought against him for any thing done or omitted to be
<3ope .previous to the appointment of some person as aforesaid by the
G ovsrnor.

` 2. Invciting th-is~0rdinance, it shall be sufficient to use the
expression
' The Bankruptcy Amendment Ordinance, 1`867.'

3. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such day as
shall hereafter be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor:

[hz force from the 7th December, 1867, under Proclamation of the same
date.]
982
Title.
Preamble.
[Vide Ord. No. 9 of 1882.]
Governor to have power to appoint Official Assignee.
Short title.
Commencement of Ordinance.

982
Title.
Preamble.
[Vide Ord. No. 9 of 1882.]
Governor to have power to appoint Official Assignee.
Short title.
Commencement of Ordinance.

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