Bankruptcy Rules 1928 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 140.

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RULES UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1924-1928.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Rules under the Bankruptcy Act 1924-1928, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this seventeenth day of December, One thousand nine-hundred and twenty-nine.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

FRANK BRENNAN

Attorney-General.

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Amendment of the Bankruptcy Rules 1928.

(Statutory Rules 1928, No. 8, as amended to this date.)

1. After Rule 63 of the Bankruptcy Rules 1928, the following Rule is inserted:—

Postponement, &c., of fees in cases of hardship.

“63a.—(1.) The Court may, upon good cause shown, postpone or reduce any of the fees payable in any particular case under Table A of the Third Schedule to these Rules or allow the pay- of any of such fees to be made by instalments.

“(2.) Where the Court allows under the last preceding sub-rule a debtor or bankrupt to pay any fee by instalments, the debtor or bankrupt shall pay such instalments to the Registrar who shall record them in a book specially kept for the purpose.”.

2. Rule 147 of the Bankruptcy Rules 1928 is amended by adding at the end of sub-rule (1.) the following proviso:—

“Provided that the Court may, upon good cause shown, reduce, in any particular ease, the amount of deposit payable under this rule.”.

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By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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