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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1914 - SECT 25



25.(1) The court may, on the application of the official receiver or trustee,
at any time after a receiving order has been made against a debtor, summon
before it the debtor or his wife, or any person known or suspected to have in
his possession any of the estate or effects belonging to the debtor, or
supposed to be indebted to the debtor, or any person whom the court may deem
capable of giving information respecting the debtor, his dealings or property,
and the court may require any such person to produce any documents in his
custody or power relating to the debtor, his dealings or property.

(2) If any person so summoned, after having been tendered a reasonable sum,
refuses to come before the court at the time appointed, or refuses to produce
any such document, having no lawful impediment made known to the court at the
time of its sitting and allowed by it, the court may, by warrant, cause him to
be apprehended and brought up for examination.

(3) The court may examine on oath, either by word of mouth or by written
interrogatories, any person so brought before it concerning the debtor, his
dealings, or property.

(4) If any person on examination before the court admits that he is indebted
to the debtor, the court may, on the application of the official receiver or
trustee, order him to pay to the official receiver or trustee, at such time
and in such manner as to the court seems expedient, the amount admitted, or
any part thereof either in full discharge of the whole amount in question or
not, as the court thinks fit, with or without costs of the examination.

(5) If any person on examination before the court admits that he has in his
possession any property belonging to the debtor, the court may, on the
application of the official receiver or trustee, order him to deliver to the
official receiver or trustee such property, or any part thereof, at such time,
and in such manner, and on such terms, as to the court may seem just.

(6) The court may, if it thinks fit, order that any person who if in England
would be liable to be brought before it under this section shall be examined
in ... Ireland, or in any other place out of England.

Vesting and transfer of property.



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