Bankruptcy Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 3
56. Appropriation of portion of pay etc. to creditors
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a bankrupt is an officer of the aimed forces and the police force of Brunei Darussalam or public officer or where a bankrupt is in receipt of any pay or pension from the Government or is entitled to any allowance or compensation granted by the Government, the trustee shall receive for distribution among the creditors so much of the bankrupt's pay, salary, pension, allowance or compensation as the Court, with the consent of
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, on the application of the trustee, may direct.
Where a bankrupt is in receipt of a salary or income other than as mentioned in subsection (I), the Court on the application of the trustee may make such order as it thinks just for the payment of the salary or income or of any part thereof to the trustee to be applied by him in such manner as the Court may direct.
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Nothing in this section shall take away or abridge any power to dismiss a bankrupt or to declare the pay, pension, allowance, compensation, salary or income of any bankrupt to be forfeited.
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Chapter 19), unless he informs the trustee in writing to the contrary, is deemed to be his last known address for the purpose of subsection (3).
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