Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 137

137. (1) Section 246 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (1) ",within 28 days from the day on which
he is notified of the making of the order," after "shall";

   (b)  by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) "for the District in
which the order was made" after "the Registrar";

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-
        section:



"(2) Where an order is made under section 244 or 245 for the administration of
the estate of a deceased person under this Part, it is the duty of the
Official Receiver to notify, as prescribed, the making of the order."; and

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (5) "and may make a copy of it" and
        substituting ",and make copies of, or take extracts from, the
        statement".

(2) Notwithstanding the amendments of section 246 of the Principal Act made by
sub-section (1) of this section, where an order has been made by the Court
under section 244 or 245 of the Principal Act before the commencement of this
section for the administration of the estate of a deceased person under Part
XI of the Principal Act, the provisions of section 246 of the Principal Act
continue to apply, after the commencement of this section, in relation to the
legal personal representative of the deceased person as if those amendments
had not been made.