Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 16/1988

Read the first time on 29th July 1988.

An Act to amend the Bankruptcy Act (Chapter 20 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 1988 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended by deleting the definition of “Registrar” and substituting the following definition:

“ “Registrar” means the Registrar or Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court;”.

Amendment of section 17

3. Section 17 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended by deleting subsection (10).

Amendment of section 18

4. Section 18 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended by deleting subsection (7).

Amendment of section 31

5. Section 31 of the Bankruptcy Act is amended by deleting subsection (6).

Amendment of section 33

6. Section 33(1) of the Bankruptcy Act is amended by deleting the words “; such application shall be made and heard in open court”.

New section 88A

7. The Bankruptcy Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 88, the following section:

“Where no procedure laid down

88A.—(1) In any matter of procedure or practice not provided for in this Act or any rules made thereunder, the procedure and practice for the time being in use or in force in the Supreme Court shall, as nearly as may be, be followed and adopted.

(2) In any such matter where it is not possible to apply subsection (1), the court may make orders and give such directions as are likely to secure substantial justice between the parties.”.

Repeal and re-enactment of section 90

8. Section 90 of the Bankruptcy Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:

“Jurisdiction in bankruptcy of the Registrar

90. Subject to any rules made under this Act, the Registrar shall have all the powers and jurisdiction of the court, and any order made or act done by him in the exercise of the said powers and jurisdiction shall, subject to an appeal to a judge in chambers, be deemed the order or act of the court.”.

Amendment of section 109

9. Section 109(1) of the Bankruptcy Act is amended —

(a)	by inserting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a);
(b)	by deleting paragraph (b); and
(c)	by re-lettering paragraph (c) as paragraph (b).

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