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IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT ACT 1857 - SECT 124

Arrest of bankrupt about to quit Ireland, or to remove or conceal his goods.

124. Whenever any petition of bankruptcy shall have been filed against any
person, and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Court that there is
probable cause for believing that such person has quitted or is about to quit
Ireland, or has removed [any goods or chattels in his possession above the
value of #120 without the leave of the official assignee] or is about to
remove or conceal any of his goods or chattels, with intent to defraud his
creditors, unless he be forthwith apprehended, it shall be lawful for
the Court to issue a warrant [authorising the arrest and commitment to prison
of] the person against whom such petition shall have been filed, and also to
seize his books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods and chattels,
wheresoever he or they may be found, and him and them safely keep until such
person shall be discharged by the Court: Provided always, that any person
arrested upon any such warrant, or whose books, papers, monies, securities for
monies, goods or chattels, have been seized under any such warrant, may apply
to the Court for an order on the petitioning creditor to show cause why the
person arrested should not be discharged out of custody, or why his books,
papers, monies, securities for monies, goods, and chattels should not be
delivered up to him; and it shall be lawful for such Court to make absolute or
discharge such order.

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