Hong Kong Ordinances

BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE - SECT 100D

Appointment and removal of trustee after the making of regulating order

(Past version on 01/04/1998).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The court may, on application being made by the Official  Receiver or the
trustee appointed or acting before the making of the regulating order under
section 100A, by order appoint the person who makes the application or any
other person recommended by him as trustee of the property of the bankrupt
under the regulating order. (Replaced 18 of 2005 s. 39)

(1A) The court may, on application being made by the Official  Receiver, by
order remove any trustee appointed under subsection (1) and fill any vacancy.
(Added 18 of 2005 s. 39)

(1B) On the making of an order under subsection (1) or (1A), section 81(1),
(2) and (3) or 96(1) shall cease to apply to the bankruptcy and any action
taken under such provisions before the making of the regulating order in
respect of the appointment or removal of a trustee or filling of any vacancy
shall cease to have effect. (Added 18 of 2005 s. 39)

(2) The court may by order give such directions to a trustee as it shall think
fit. Such directions shall be deemed to be the directions of creditors for the
purposes of section 82. Neither a trustee nor the Official Receiver shall be
required to summon any meetings of creditors save where the court so orders.
(Added 21 of 1965 s. 2)