Section 25: Statement of affairs
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25. Statement of affairs
(1) After adjudication, the bankrupt shall file with the Official Receiver a
statement in the prescribed form of his affairs, unless he has already filed a
statement under section 15.
(2) Where no statement or, in the Official Receiver’s view, no sufficient
statement of affairs has been filed under section 15, the Official Receiver
shall, as soon as practicable after adjudication, send to the bankrupt a notice
stating—
(a) that the bankrupt shall file a statement in the prescribed form of
the bankrupt’s affairs; and
(b) the time when the statement shall be filed.
(3) The Official Receiver shall send the notice to the address of the bankrupt given in the application for a bankruptcy order or the bankrupt’s last
known address.
(4) The bankrupt shall file his statement of affairs with the Official Receiver within 14 days of the adjudication or, as the case may be, after receiving the Official Receiver’s notice under subsection (2).
(5) At any time after filing a statement of affairs with the Official Receiver, the bankrupt may file additional or amended statements or answers.