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Insolvency Act 1986

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What to do with it
As published

291 Duties of bankrupt in relation to official receiver.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) The bankrupt shall give the official receiver such inventory of his estate and such other information, and shall attend on the official receiver at such times, as the official receiver may reasonably require— (a) for a purpose of this Chapter, or (b) in connection with the making of a bankruptcy restrictions order. (5) Subsection (4) applies to a bankrupt after his discharge. (6) If the bankrupt without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any obligation imposed by this section, he is guilty of a contempt of court and liable to be punished accordingly (in addition to any other punishment to which he may be subject).

Your change, as a redline

291 Duties of bankrupt in relation to official receiver.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) The bankrupt shall give the official receiver such inventory of his estate and such other information, and shall attend on the official receiver at such times, as the official receiver may reasonably require— (a) for a purpose of this Chapter, or (b) in connection with the making of a bankruptcy restrictions order. (5) Subsection (4) applies to a bankrupt after his discharge. (6) If the bankrupt without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any obligation imposed by this section, he is guilty of a contempt of court and liable to be punished accordingly (in addition to any other punishment to which he may be subject).

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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