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6 PDFTitle:BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 158 of 1998
Section:3Heading:Who may present a bankruptcy petitionVersion Date:01/04/1998

(1) A petition for a bankruptcy order to be made against a debtor may be presented to the court-

        (a) by one of the debtor's creditors or jointly by more than one of them;
        (b) by the debtor himself;
        (c) by the nominee of, or any person (other than the debtor) who is for the time being bound by, a voluntary arrangement proposed by the debtor and approved by his creditors; or
        (d) where a criminal bankruptcy order has been made against the debtor, by the Official Petitioner.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the court may make a bankruptcy order on any such petition.
(Replaced 76 of 1996 s. 4)