Cap. 6activeordinance

Bankruptcy Ordinance

破產條例

Full legislation

s.131

Undischarged bankrupt obtaining credit

Any undischarged bankrupt shall in each of the cases following be guilty of an
offence—
(a)
if either alone or jointly with any other person he obtains credit to the extent of $100 or upwards from any person without first informing that person that he is an undischarged bankrupt; or
(b)
if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt and in the course of such trade or business obtains credit from any person without first disclosing to such person the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt; or
(c)
if he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or
                those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt without first
                publishing
                by the specified means a notice containing the following
particulars—
(Amended
22 of 2023 s. 32
)
(i)
the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt;
(ii)
the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the
                    adjudication;
(iii)
the name or names under which he intends to carry on the trade or
                    business;
(iv)
the nature of the trade or business which he intends to carry on;
                    and
(v)
the address or addresses at which he intends to carry it on.
(Amended
33 of 1939
;
G.N. 840 of 1940
Supp.
Schedule
;
20 of 1948 s. 4
;
50 of 1991 s. 4
)
[cf. 1914 c. 59 s. 155 U.K.]