STATUTORY RULES.
1939.
No. 41.
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RULES UNDER THE
BANKRUPTCY ACT 1924-1933.*
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 1924-1933.
Dated this Twenty-fourth
day of May,1939.
(SGD.) W. M. HUGHES
(SGD.) GOWRIE.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Attorney-General.
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Amendment
of the Bankruptcy Rules.
Commencement.
1. These Rules shall be deemed to
have come into operation on the first day of January, 1937.
Amendment
of Item 13 of Table A of the Third Schedule.
2. Item 13 of Table A in the Third
Schedule to the Bankruptcy Rules is amended by omitting the words “On all
further sums, 10s. per cent.” and inserting in their stead the following words
and figures:—
“On the next £10,000 or
fraction thereof, 10s. per cent.
On all further sums, 4s.
per cent.”.
Amendment
of Sixth Schedule.
3. Table 2 of the Sixth Schedule to
the Bankruptcy Rules is repealed and the following Table inserted in its
stead:—
“Table 2.
Fees of Official
Receivers.
Where the
amount realized or brought to credit— | The
fee shall be— |
does
not exceed £50..............................................................................
| £5
|
exceeds
£50 but does not exceed £100..............................................
| £9
|
exceeds
£100 but does not exceed £200............................................
| £16
|
exceeds
£200 but does not exceed £300............................................
| £21
|
exceeds
£300 but does not exceed £400............................................
| £24
|
exceeds
£400 but does not exceed £500............................................
| £25
|
exceeds
£500 but does not exceed £10,000.......................................
| £25
plus £5 for every £100 or fraction of £100 in excess of £500
|
exceeds
£10,000 but does not exceed £20,000.................................
| £500
plus £2 10s. for every £100 or fraction of £100 in excess of £10,000
|
exceeds
£20,000.....................................................................................
| £750
plus £1 for every £100 or fraction of £100 in excess of £20,000.”
|
*
Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1939.
Statutory Rules 1934, No. 77, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, Nos. 34 and
122; 1936, No. 101; and 1937, No. 111.
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By
Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra.
941.—6/26.4.1939.—Price 3d.