Bankruptcy Ordinance

(1)
In the calculation and distribution of a dividend the trustee shall make provision for debts provable in bankruptcy appearing from the bankrupt’s statements, or otherwise, to be due to persons resident in places so distant from Hong Kong that in the ordinary course of communication they have not had sufficient time to tender their proofs or to establish them if disputed, and also for debts provable in bankruptcy the subject of claims not yet determined.
(Amended
47 of 1984 s. 16
)
(2)
He shall also make provision for any disputed proofs or claims, and for the expenses necessary for the administration of the estate or otherwise.
(3)
Subject to the foregoing provisions, he shall distribute as dividend all money in hand.
[cf. 1914 c. 59 s. 64 U.K.]