Cap 6 s 30E Supplies of gas, water, electricity, etc. (BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	6	Title:	BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	36 of 2000
Section:	30E	Heading:	Supplies of gas, water, electricity, etc.	Version Date:	16/06/2000

(1) This section applies where on any day ("the relevant day")-

(a) a bankruptcy order is made against a debtor; or

(b) a voluntary arrangement proposed by a debtor is approved at a meeting summoned under section 20E,

and in this section "the office-holder" (負責人) means the Official Receiver or the trustee, as the case may be, or, in the case of a voluntary arrangement, the nominee.
(2) If a request falling within subsection (3) is made for the giving after the relevant day of any of the supplies mentioned in subsection (4), the supplier may make it a condition of the giving of the supply that the office-holder personally guarantees the payment of any charges in respect of the supply, but the supplier shall not, directly or indirectly, make it a condition of the giving of the supply that any outstanding charges in respect of a supply given to the debtor before the relevant day are paid.
(3) A request falls within this subsection if it is made-

(a) by or with the concurrence of the office-holder; and

(b) for the purposes of any business which is or has been carried on by the debtor, by a firm or partnership of which the debtor is or was a member, or by an agent or manager for the debtor or for such a firm or partnership.

(4) The supplies referred to in subsection (2) are-

(a) a public supply of gas;

(b) a public supply of electricity;

(d) a supply of telecommunications services by a public telecommunications operator licensed under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap 106). (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)

(Added 76 of 1996 s. 21)