Hong Kong Regulations

BANKRUPTCY RULES - RULE 82B

Preliminary public examination proceedings

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(1) A bankrupt in respect of whom the court has made an order under section 19
of the Ordinance shall, unless the court otherwise orders, attend at a time
and place to be notified to him by the Official Receiver in writing to be
examined as to his affairs by the Official Receiver or a clerk of the Official
Receiver deputed by him.

(2) The notice shall also require the bankrupt to bring with him a list of his
creditors, particulars of his assets and any books of account and other
documents relevant to an investigation of his affairs not already delivered to
the Official Receiver.

(3) At the conclusion of the preliminary examination of the bankrupt the
examiner shall prepare notes of such parts of the information given by the
bankrupt as he considers necessary or desirable to place on record.

(4) A copy of such notes shall be served by the Official Receiver on the
bankrupt sufficiently before his public examination to enable him to be
advised thereon, if he so wishes.

(5) The bankrupt may adopt the notes of his preliminary examination under this
rule as or as part of his evidence at his public examination, and, when so
adopted, they shall be read out by the Official Receiver, signed by the
bankrupt and filed as the notes or part of the notes of his public
examination. (L.N. 77 of 1998)