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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016/section-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016/section-116.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bankruptcy-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/116",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Debtor's account of state of affairs",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to a debtor who—\n(a) has not been discharged under this Act, or\n(b) is subject to a debtor contribution order.\n(2) The trustee in the sequestration must, at the end of—\n(a) 6 months beginning with the date of sequestration, and\n(b) each subsequent 6 months,\nrequire the debtor to give an account in writing, in such form as may be prescribed, of the debtor's current state of affairs.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 116 in force at 30.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/21/section/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:26.578362+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}