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s.12
Presentation of criminal bankruptcy petition by Official Petitioner
(1)
The Official Petitioner may present a criminal bankruptcy petition, and
a bankruptcy order may be made on that petition.
(Amended
76 of 1996 s. 73
)
(2)
Sections 4
,
6
and
6B
, as modified by
paragraph 4
of this
Schedule
, shall apply to a
criminal bankruptcy petition presented by the Official Petitioner as it
applies to a petition presented by a creditor.
(Amended
76 of 1996 s. 70
)
(3)
The following
provisions—
(a)
section 9(2)
(making of bankruptcy order on creditor’s
petition); and
(Amended
76 of 1996 s. 73
;
E.R. 1 of 2019
)
(b)
section 9(3)
(dismissal of petition),
(Amended
E.R. 1 of
2019
)
(c)
(Repealed
76 of 1996 s. 70
)
shall apply in relation to a criminal bankruptcy petition presented
by the Official Petitioner as if any reference to the debt of the
petitioning creditor were a reference to any criminal bankruptcy debt within
the meaning of this
Schedule
; and
paragraph 5
shall
have effect in relation to
section 9(2)
and (3) as they apply by
virtue of this paragraph.