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IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT ACT 1857 - SECT 148 

Bankrupt having obtained his certificate shall be free from arrest, &c.

148. Any bankrupt who shall, after his certificate shall have been allowed
..., have any action brought against him for any debt, claim, or demand
provable under his bankruptcy ... may plead in general that the cause of
action accrued before he became bankrupt, and may give this Act and the
special matter in evidence; and such bankrupt's certificate shall be
sufficient evidence of the trading, bankruptcy, petition for adjudication, and
other proceedings precedent to the obtaining such certificate; ....]

If after adjudication three-fifths in number and value of creditors accept
composition, the adjudication may be annulled, &c.

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