BANKRUPTS' EXAMINATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 214, 8 September 1921, Page 4

BANKRUPTS' EXAMINATIONS.

QUESTION OF PUBLICITY. MISAPPREHENSION REMOVED. -At the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Adams made a statement which should remove some misapprehension as to the public examination of bankrupts. His Honor said:—"A misapprehension appears to have been created by the report of an application dealt with by mc on Tuesday afternoon in the matter of the examination of witnesses under Section 210 of the Companies Act, 190 S. I then intimated that the examination being before the Registrar was not open to the Press or to the public, an.l said that this was in accordance with the general practice of the court. The analogy to proceedings in bankruptcy was referred to, and my remarks relating to that were intended f> refer to examinations of persons by the official assignee, the object of which was to obtain information for the guidance of the official assignee. Tt has been the practice to examine the bankrupt at. meetings of creditor- e\rr sinve the Bankruptcy Act, ISS3, which required the bankrupt to euhmit to such examination. That practice has been inveterate, and my remarks had no reference to H. The attendance of the I'rr;-.- at iTcditore' mretin™3 in bankruptcy has bpnn established by usage for nearly forty years '