Bankruptcy Ordinance

(1)
The duties of the Official Receiver shall have relation both to the conduct of the debtor and to the administration of his estate.
(2)
The Official Receiver and the holder of an office specified in
Schedule 2
may take any affidavit required by any Ordinance to be made before or produced or delivered to or filed with the Official Receiver or the holder of an office specified in
Schedule 2
notwithstanding any Ordinance requiring the taking of such affidavit by or before any other person.
(Replaced
39 of 1992 s. 4
)
(3)
All provisions in this or any other Ordinance referring to the trustee in a bankruptcy shall, unless the context otherwise requires or the Ordinance otherwise provides, include the Official Receiver when acting as trustee.
(4)
The trustee shall supply the Official Receiver with such information, and give him such access to and facilities for inspecting the bankrupt’s books and documents, and generally shall give him such aid, as may be requisite for enabling the Official Receiver to perform his duties under this Ordinance.
[cf. 1914 c. 59 s. 72 U.K.]