Hong Kong Regulations

BANKRUPTCY RULES - RULE 82A

Application for public examination

(Past version on 01/04/1998).

Public examination

(1) An application by the Official Receiver or trustee under section 19 of the
Ordinance for the public examination of a bankrupt shall be made inter partes
and the evidence in support of the application may be in the form of a report
to the court setting out the reasons why such an examination is needed. (L.N.
123 of 2007)

(2) A report to the court under paragraph (1) shall be confidential but the
court may, on application, allow the bankrupt to see all or part of the report
provided the bankrupt satisfies the court that it would be unfair to him not
to allow him to see it.

(3) Where a creditor intends to question a bankrupt, he shall, not less than 7
days before the date of the examination, provide the Official Receiver or
trustee, as the case may be, with a list of the topics on which he intends to
put such questions.

(4) A record signed by the bankrupt under section 19 of the Ordinance shall be
open to the inspection of any creditor at all reasonable times upon payment of
the prescribed fee. (L.N. 77 of 1998)