BANKRUPTCY PENAL CLAUSES.
T>» erec ijt.ive of the A-'O'iat.ed Cha m'■>■■■ ?■> of <".,!i;merce -a rot* recently to the [>e 'ximen • of -T•j -- i e suggesting! a. -t.e.ng'hen.ng or the pena! cia u -e-. of j the Bankruptcy Ac*. A reply was rereived from the T "nder-.'-ecrefary of r Department of Justice, stating that section 144 of r he Bankruptcy Act made it obligatory on an officii i a-■» gr.ee when he had reason to suspect that any person had committed an offence under the Act, to place the facts of the r-a =c hefore the Crown Solicitor, and if the Crown Solicitor certified that there were reasonable grounds for a. prosecution, then the official assignee must lay an information against such person. At the hearing the assignee may conduct, the the prosecution, but if it was considered that the case was one in which the I row ii I'roaecutor should be employed I he. necessary authority was given, and the rant) was conducted by the Crown Pronficutor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 173, 24 July 1928, Page 8
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