Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 139

139. (1) Section 248 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) " sections 48 to 51 (inclusive)" and
        substituting " sections 49 to 51 (inclusive), sub-sections 52 (4) and
        (5),";

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) " sections 117 to 122 (inclusive),
        sections 125 to 130 (inclusive)" and substituting " sections 117 to
        130 (inclusive)";

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (2); and

   (d)  by inserting after paragraph (d) of sub-section (3) the following
        paragraph:



"(da) a reference to the commencement of the bankruptcy shall be read as a
reference to the time at which administration of the estate under this Part
is, by virtue of section 247A, to be deemed to have commenced;".

(2) Notwithstanding the amendments of section 248 of the Principal Act made by
sub-section (1) of this section, where an order has been made by the Court
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 248 of the Principal Act continue to apply, after the commencement of
this section, in relation to the administration of the estate of that deceased
person under that Part as if those amendments had not been made.