Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 21 of 1985 - SECT 19

19. Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (4) "Subject to sub-section (5A), where"
and substituting "Where"; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-sections (5A) and (6) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(6) Where joint debtors become bankrupts by force of this section, the
Registrar shall forthwith-

   (a)  in a case where the trustee is the Official Trustee-give notice of the
        bankruptcies to the Official Receiver and furnish to the Official
        Receiver a copy of each statement of affairs that accompanied the
        petition presented by the debtors; or

   (b)  in a case where the trustee is not the Official Trustee-give notice of
        the bankruptcies to the Official Receiver and the trustee and furnish
        to the Official Receiver and to the trustee a copy of each statement
        of affairs that accompanied the petition presented by the debtors.".