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BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 12 of 1980 - SECT 75

Effect of order of discharge
75. (1) Section 153 of the Principal Act is amended-

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



"(c) subject to any order of the Court made under sub- section (2A), release
the bankrupt from any liability under a maintenance agreement or maintenance
order.";

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:



"(2A) The Court may order that the discharge of a bankrupt from bankruptcy
shall operate to release the bankrupt, to such extent and subject to such
conditions as the Court thinks fit, from liability to pay arrears due under a
maintenance agreement or maintenance order."; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (6).

(2) Notwithstanding the amendments of section 153 of the Principal Act made by
sub-section (1) of this section, the provisions of that section of the
Principal Act continue to apply, after the commencement of this section, in
relation to a person who was discharged from bankruptcy before the
commencement of this section as if those amendments had not been made. 


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