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Section 28 – The Provincial Insolvency Act,1920

The Provincial Insolvency Act,1920

Section 28. Effect of an order of adjudication

(1) On the making of an order of adjudication, the insolvent shall aid to the utmost of his power in the realization of his property and the distribution of the Proceeds among his creditors.

(2) On the making of an order of, adjudication, the whole of the Property of the insolvent shall vest in the Court or in a receiver as hereinafter provided, and shall divisible among the creditors, and thereafter, except as provided by this Act, no creditor to whom the insolvent is indebted in respect of any debt provable under this Act, shall during the pendency of the insolvency proceedings have any remedy against the property of the insolvent in respect of the debt, or commerce any suit or other legal proceedings, except with the leave of the Court and on such terms as the Court may impose.

(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), all goods being at the date of the presentation of the petition on which the order is made, in the possession, order or disposition of the insolvent in his trade or business, by the consent and permission of the true owner, under such circumstances that he is the reputed owner thereof, shall be deemed to be the property of the insolvent.

(4) All property which is acquired by or devolves on the insolvent after the date of an order of adjudication and before his discharge shall forthwith vest in the Court of receiver, and the provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply in respect thereof.

(5) The property of the insolvent for the purposes of this section shall not include any property (not being books of account) which is exempted by the Code of Civil Procedure,1908 (5 of 1908), or by any other enactment for the time being in force from liability to attachment and sale in execution of a decree.

(6) Nothing in this section shall affect the power of any secured creditor to realize or otherwise deal with his security, in the same manner as he would have been entitled to realize or deal with it if this section had not been passed.

(7) An order of adjudication shall relate back to, and take effect from the date of the presentation of the petition on which it is made.

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