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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II CONSTITUTION, PROCEDURE AND POWERS OF COURT

Jurisdiction

Procedure

Part III OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE

Part IV TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY

Part V VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS

Moratorium for insolvent debtor

Consideration and implementation of debtor’s proposal

Part VA DEBT REPAYMENT SCHEME

Division 1 — Preliminary

Division 2 — Proposal for debt repayment scheme

Division 3 — Commencement and administration of debt repayment scheme

Division 4 — Cessation of debt repayment scheme

Division 5 — Miscellaneous

Part VI PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY

Bankruptcy applications and bankruptcy orders

Protection of debtor’s property

Part VII ADMINISTRATION IN BANKRUPTCY

Bankruptcy

Inquiry into bankrupt’s affairs, dealings and property

Proof of debts

Composition or scheme of arrangement

Effect of bankruptcy on antecedent transactions

Possession, control and realisation of bankrupt’s property

Distribution of property

Part VIII ANNULMENT AND DISCHARGE

Part IX DUTIES, DISQUALIFICATION AND DISABILITIES OF BANKRUPT

Part X BANKRUPTCY OFFENCES

Part XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

THE SCHEDULE Transitional Provisions and Savings

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 20/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 20/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 31/10/2009.
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Meaning of “associate”
101.
—(1)  For the purposes of sections 99 and 100, any question whether a person is an associate of another person shall be determined in accordance with this section.
(2)  A person is an associate of an individual if that person is the individual’s spouse, or is a relative, or the spouse of a relative of the individual or his spouse.
(3)  A person is an associate of an individual with whom he is in partnership, and of the spouse or a relative of any individual with whom he is in partnership.
(4)  A person is an associate of an individual whom he employs or by whom he is employed and for this purpose, any director or other officer of a company shall be treated as employed by that company.
(5)  A person in his capacity as trustee of a trust is an associate of an individual if the beneficiaries of the trust include, or the terms of the trust confer a power that may be exercised for the benefit of, that individual or an associate of that individual.
(6)  A company is an associate of an individual if that individual has control of it or if that individual and persons who are his associates together have control of it.
(7)  For the purposes of this section, a person is a relative of an individual if he is that individual’s brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal ancestor or lineal descendant, treating —
(a)
any relationship of the half blood as a relationship of the whole blood and the step-child or adopted child of any person as his child; and
(b)
an illegitimate child as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.
(8)  References in this section to a spouse shall include a former spouse.
(9)  For the purposes of this section, an individual shall be taken to have control of a company if —
(a)
the directors of the company or of another company which has control of it (or any of them) are accustomed to act in accordance with his directions or instructions; or
(b)
he is entitled to exercise, or control the exercise of, one-third or more of the voting power at any general meeting of the company or of another company which has control of it,
and where 2 or more persons together satisfy paragraph (a) or (b), they shall be taken to have control of the company.
(10)  In this section, “company” includes any body corporate (whether incorporated in Singapore or elsewhere); and references to directors and other officers of a company and to voting power at any general meeting of a company shall have effect with any necessary modifications.