Hong Kong Ordinances

BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE - LONG TITLE

Long title

BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE*

To amend the law relating to bankruptcy.

[1 January 1932]

(Originally 10 of 1931 ( Cap 6, 1950 Ed.))

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*This Ordinance was amended by 18 of 2005. The transitional and savings
provisions contained in s. 49 of that Amendment Ordinance are reproduced as
follows:

"49. Transitional and savings provisions

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, the amendments
effected under this Ordinance (except sections 12, 19 and 32) shall not apply
to any case in which the bankruptcy petition was presented before the
commencement date, and such case shall continue and be disposed of as if this
Ordinance had not been enacted.

(2) This section is in addition to and not in derogation of section 23 of the
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance ( Cap. 1).

(3) For the purpose of this section, “#commencement date” (生效日期)
means the day appointed by the Secretary for Financial Services and the
Treasury under section 1(2) of this Ordinance.

# Commencement date: 10 December 2007.