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BANKRUPTCY REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 20

Presentation of debtor's petition

  (1)   This section applies if a debtor intends to present a petition under section   55, 56B or 57 of the Act and the debtor is:

  (a)   unable to read the relevant material because the debtor:

  (i)   is blind or has low vision; or

  (ii)   is illiterate or partially literate; or

  (iii)   is insufficiently familiar with the English language; or

  (b)   unable to sign the petition because of a physical incapacity.

  (2)   The petition may be signed on behalf of the debtor by another person, who must also sign a statement:

  (a)   if subparagraph   (1)(a)(i) or (ii) applies--that the person has read the relevant material to the debtor; or

  (b)   if subparagraph   (1)(a)(iii) applies--that the person has interpreted the relevant material to the debtor in a language with which the person and the debtor are familiar; or

  (c)   if paragraph   (1)(b) applies--that the person believes that the debtor has read and understood the relevant material.

  (3)   In this section:

"relevant material" means the petition and the information prescribed under section   19.



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