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BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 37
First meeting of creditors
37. Section 64 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
substituted:
"64. (1) The Official Receiver shall cause a meeting of the creditors of a
bankrupt to be held, for the purposes of considering and deciding upon any
matters relating to the bankruptcy, within the prescribed period if-
(a) a creditor requests him to do so; or
(b) he is of the opinion that it is desirable that he should do so.
"(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the 'prescribed period', in relation
to a bankrupt, means-
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the period of 28 days from the date of the
bankruptcy; or
(b) if the Registrar, on the application of the Official Receiver, extends
the period within which the first meeting of creditors may be held-the
extended period fixed by the Registrar.".
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