Section 13: Interim receiver
consolidated text (as at 2000). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
13. Interim receiver
(1) The Court may, if it is shown to be necessary for the protection of
the debtor’s estate, at any time after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition, and before a receiving order is made, appoint the Official Receiver to be
interim receiver of the property of the debtor or of any part thereof, and
direct him to take immediate possession of the same or of any part thereof.
(2) The Court may, at any time after the presentation of a bankruptcy
petition, stay any action, execution or other legal process, against the property or person of the debtor, and any Court, in which proceedings are pending against a debtor, may on proof that a bankruptcy petition has been presented by or against the debtor, stay the proceedings or allow them to continue on such terms as it may think just.
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