Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 119 of 1987 - SECT 98

98. (1) After section 265 of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted: Offences relating to exercise of powers under section 77A, 77B or
130

"265A. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to
comply with a requirement under section 77A, 77B or 130.

"(2) A person shall not, in purported compliance with a requirement under
section 77A, 77B or 130, give information, or make a statement, that is, to
the person's knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.

"(3) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse:

   (a)  obstruct or hinder a person in the exercise of a power under section
        77A or 77B; or

   (b)  obstruct or hinder a person who is executing a warrant issued under
        section 130.

"(4) The occupier, or person in charge, of premises that a person enters under
a warrant issued under section 130 shall provide to the last-mentioned person
all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of his or
her powers under the warrant.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.".

(2) A reference in the section inserted in the Principal Act by subsection (1)
of this section to a requirement or warrant under section 130 of the
Bankruptcy Act 1966 is a reference to a requirement or warrant under the
section inserted in the Principal Act by subsection 47 (1) of this Act.