Hong Kong Regulations

BANKRUPTCY RULES - RULE 82B

Preliminary public examination proceedings

(Past version on 01/04/1998).

(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- (L.N. 123
of 2007)

   (a)  where the application for public examination is made by the Official
        Receiver, 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;

   (b)  where the application for public examination is made by the trustee,
        at a time and place to be notified to him by the trustee in writing to
        be examined as to his affairs by the trustee.

(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 or trustee, as the case may be.

(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 or trustee,
as the case may be, 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 or trustee, as the
case may be, signed by the bankrupt and filed as the notes or part of the
notes of his public examination. (L.N. 77 of 1998; L.N. 123 of 2007)