Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 42

42. (1) Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
sub-section (1) the following sub-section:



"(1A) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (1), debts and
liabilities referred to in that sub-section shall be taken to include a debt
or liability by way of the whole or a part of-

   (a)  a periodical sum that became payable by the bankrupt before, but not
        more than one year before, the date of the bankruptcy under a
        maintenance agreement or maintenance order (whether entered into or
        made, as the case may be, before or after the commencement of this
        sub-section); and

   (b)  a lump sum (whether payable in one amount or by instalments) that
        became payable by the bankrupt before the date of the bankruptcy under
        a maintenance agreement or maintenance order (whether entered into or
        made, as the case may be, before or after the commencement of this
        sub-section).".

(2) Sub-section 82 (1A) of the Principal Act as amended by sub- section (1) of
this section does not apply in relation to a bankrupt, or the estate of a
bankrupt, who became a bankrupt before the commencement of this section.