Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 30

30. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sub-sections:



"(2) Where the Court makes an order under sub-section (1), section 110 applies
in the administration under this Act of all of the estates to which the order
relates.



"(3) Where the Court makes an order under sub-section (1) in relation to the
estates of 2 or more bankrupts, the Court may, in the order-

   (a)  declare a specified date to be, for the purpose of the application of
        the provisions of Division 3 of Part VI in the administration of the
        joint estate, the date on which all the petitions relevant to the
        administration of those estates shall be deemed to have been
        presented;

   (b)  declare a specified date to be, for that purpose, the date of the
        bankruptcy in respect of each of those estates; and

   (c)  declare a specified time to be, for that purpose, the time that is the
        commencement of the bankruptcy in respect of all those estates, and,
        if the Court does so, those estates shall be administered
        accordingly.".