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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 19/06/2013, you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 31/10/2009.
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Persons who may make debtor’s bankruptcy application
58.
—(1)  Subject to this Part, a debtor’s bankruptcy application may be made —
(a)
against an individual debtor by the debtor himself; or
(b)
against a firm by all the partners in the firm or by a majority of such partners who are residing in Singapore at the time of the making of the application.
(2)  A debtor’s bankruptcy application shall be in the prescribed form and shall be supported by an affidavit to which is exhibited —
(a)
where the debtor is an individual, a statement of his affairs containing such particulars of his assets, creditors, debts and other liabilities as may be prescribed;
(b)
where the debtor is a firm, a statement of —
(i)
the firm’s affairs containing such particulars of its assets, creditors, debts and other liabilities as may be prescribed; and
(ii)
the affairs of each of the partners in the firm by whom the application is made containing such particulars of his assets, creditors, debts and other liabilities as may be prescribed; and
(c)
a statement containing such other information as may be prescribed.