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Rule 6.172 Order for public examinationI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • rule 4.54(5-CVL) substituted for rule 4.54(5) by Insolvency 2010 Sch. 1 para. 179(5)
(1)

[FORM 6.55] If the official receiver applies to the court, under section 290, for the public examination of the bankrupt, a copy of the court's order shall, forthwith after its making, be sent by the official receiver to the bankrupt.

(2)

The order shall appoint a venue for the hearing, and direct the bankrupt's attendance thereat.

(3)

The official receiver shall give at least 14 days' notice of the hearing—

(a)

if a trustee has been nominated or appointed, to him;

(b)

if a special manager has been appointed, to him; and

(c)

subject to any contrary direction of the court, to every creditor of the bankrupt who is known to the official receiver or is identified in the bankrupt's statement of affairs.

(4)

The official receiver may, if he thinks fit, cause notice of the order to be given, by public advertisement in one or more newspapers, at least 14 days before the day fixed for the hearing.

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Rule 6.172 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1