Section 15: Debtor’s petition
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15. Debtor’s petition
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a debtor may file a petition with the Court
to have himself adjudicated bankrupt on the ground that he is unable to pay
his debts where he has combined debts of 50,000 rupees or more.
(2) The Court shall not receive for filing a petition by a debtor for a bankruptcy order unless he also files with the Court a statement of his affairs in
the prescribed form which is not, in the Court’s opinion, incorrect or incomplete.
(3) A debtor’s petition shall not after presentation be withdrawn without
leave of the Court.
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