Hong Kong Ordinances

BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE - SECT 43C

Time-limit for notice under section 43A or 43B

(1) Except with the leave of the court, a notice shall not be served-

   (a)  under section 43A, after the end of the period of 42 days beginning
        with the day on which it first came to the knowledge of the trustee
        that the property in question had been acquired by, or had devolved
        upon, the bankrupt;

   (b)  under section 43B, after the end of the period of 42 days beginning
        with the day on which the property in question first came to the
        knowledge of the trustee.

(2) For the purposes of this section-

   (a)  anything which comes to the knowledge of the trustee is deemed in
        relation to any successor of his as trustee to have come to the
        knowledge of the successor at the same time; and

   (b)  anything which comes, otherwise than under paragraph (a), to the
        knowledge of a person before he is the trustee is deemed to come to
        his knowledge on his appointment taking effect or, in the case of the
        Official Receiver, on his becoming trustee. (Added 76 of 1996 s. 31)