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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 - SECT 56E

Effects of acceptance of a debtor's petition against a partnership

  (1)   When the Official Receiver notes the fact of acceptance on a petition that has not been amended under a direction of the Court, each member of the partnership becomes a bankrupt by force of this section.

  (2)   When the Official Receiver notes the fact of acceptance on a petition that has been amended under a direction of the Court, each member of the partnership to whom the petition applies becomes a bankrupt by force of this section.

  (3)   A person who becomes a bankrupt by force of this section continues to be a bankrupt until:

  (a)   he or she is discharged by force of subsection   149(1); or

  (b)   his or her bankruptcy is annulled by force of subsection   74(1) or 153A(1) or under section   153B.

  (4)   If a registered trustee is the trustee of the estate of a person who becomes a bankrupt under this section, the Official Receiver must:

  (a)   notify the trustee of the bankruptcy; and

  (b)   give the trustee a copy of each statement of affairs that accompanied the debtor's petition.


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