International Trusts Order, 2000 · As enacted · Part X · Additional Provisions
101. Fraudulent dispositions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
( 1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, every disposition of property to or in favour of the trustees of an international trust as such trustees or to or in favour of any beneficiaries of an international trust as such beneficiaries shall, if made with an intent to defraud and at an undervalue, be voidable at the instance of a creditor thereby prejudiced.
property
"property" includes - {a} money, goods, chases in action, land and every descriptions of property1 whether movable or immovable; and (b} obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present or future, vested or contingent, arising out of, or incident to, any property as defined in paragraph {a}; 1141 17th. JULY, 2000
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In subsection (1)
faJ
"an intent to defraud" means an intention on the part of the person making the disposition, or directly or indirectly causing it to be made, willfully to defeat an obligation or liability (including
person
"person" includes a natural person, any company or.association or body of persons, corporate or incorporated, including a partnership whether limited, unlimited or an international limited partnership created under the International Partnerships Order, 2000;
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE a contingent liability) which is owed to the creditor on the date of the disposition and of which the person making the disposition then has actual notice; and
{b)
"at an undervalue" means for no consideration or for a consideration that is of substantially less value in money or money's worth than the property disposed of.
The burden of establishing an intent to defraud for the purposes of this section shall be upon the creditor seeking to set aside the disposition.
No action or proceedings pursuant to this section shall be entertained unless commenced within six years after the relevant disposition.
If a disposition is set aside under this section then
unless the Court is satisfied that the trustees have acted in bad faith
the trustees shall have a first and paramount charge over the property, the subject of the disposition, and any property representing that property, of an amount equal to the entire costs and expenses properly incurred by the trustees in the defence of the action or proceedings to set the disposition aside (and not merely such costs and expenses as might otherwise be allowed by the Court); and
the disposition shall be set aside subject to the proper fees, costs, expenses, pre-existing rights, claims and interests of the trustees and of any predecessor trustees who have not acted in bad faith; and
{b J unless the Court is satisfied that a beneficiary of the trust has acted in bad faith the disposition shall only be set aside subject to the right of each beneficiary to retain any distribution made consequent upon the prior execution or exercise of a trust, or exercise of a power or discretion vested in the trustee of the trust or any other person, and otherwise properly executed or exercised.
The burden of proving that a trustee or beneficiary has acted in bad faith shall be upon the person making the allegation.
A disposition shall be set aside pursuant to this section only to the extent necessary to satisfy the debt or liability to the creditor at whose instance the disposition had been set aside together with such costs as the Court may allow.
Nothing in this section-
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Terms defined in s 2
person
Defined · s 2"person" includes a natural person, any company or.association or body of persons, corporate or incorporated, including a partnership whether limited, unlimited or an international limited partnership created under the International Partnerships Order, 2000;
property
Defined · s 2"property" includes - {a} money, goods, chases in action, land and every descriptions of property1 whether movable or immovable; and (b} obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present or future, vested or contingent, arising out of, or incident to, any property as defined in paragraph {a}; 1141 17th. JULY, 2000
trust
Defined · s 2"trust" means an international trust except where the context otherwise requires;
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