Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Contents

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1. Short Title
   1. 1 Short title
2. Interpretation
   1. 2 Definitions
   2. 2.1 Designation of beneficiary
   3. 2.2 Superintendent’s division office
   4. 3 [Repealed, 2005, c. 47, s. 4]
   5. 4 Definitions
3. Her Majesty
   1. 4.1 Binding on Her Majesty
   2. Duty of Good Faith
4. Part I · Administrative Officials
   1. Superintendent
   2. Public Records
   3. Official Receivers
   4. Trustees
5. Part II · Bankruptcy Orders and Assignments
   1. Acts of Bankruptcy
   2. Application for Bankruptcy Order
   3. Interim Receiver
   4. Assignments
6. Part III · Proposals
   1. Division I — General Scheme for Proposals
   2. Division II — Consumer Proposals
7. Part IV · Property of the Bankrupt
   1. 67 Property of bankrupt
   2. 68 Directives re surplus income
   3. 68.1 Assignment of wages
   4. Stay of Proceedings
   5. General Provisions
   6. Partnership Property
   7. Crown Interests
   8. Priority of Financial Collateral
   9. Preferences and Transfers at Undervalue
8. Part V · Administration of Estates
   1. Meetings of Creditors
   2. Procedure at Meetings
   3. Inspectors
   4. Claims Provable
   5. Proof of Claims
   6. Proof by Secured Creditors
   7. Admission and Disallowance of Proofs of Claim and Proofs of Security
   8. Scheme of Distribution
   9. Dividends
   10. Summary Administration
9. Part VI · Bankrupts
   1. Counselling Services
   2. Duties of Bankrupts
   3. Examination of Bankrupts and Others
   4. Arrest of Bankrupts
   5. Discharge of Bankrupts
10. Part VII · Courts and Procedure
    1. Jurisdiction of Courts
    2. Authority of the Courts
    3. Powers of Registrar
    4. Appeals
    5. Legal Costs
11. Part VIII · Offences
    1. 198 Bankruptcy offences
    2. 199 Failure to disclose fact of being undischarged
    3. 200 Bankrupt failing to keep proper books of account
    4. 201 False claim, etc.
    5. 202 Other offences
    6. 203 Punishment for removal of bankrupt’s property without notice
    7. 203.1 Acting while licence suspended or cancelled
    8. 203.2 Acting contrary to conditions or limitations
    9. 204 Officers, etc., of corporations
    10. 204.1 Community service
    11. 204.2 Variation of sanctions
    12. 204.3 Compensation for loss
    13. 205 Report on offences to be made by trustee
    14. 206 Report of offence
    15. 207 Substance of offence charged in indictment
    16. 208 Time within which prosecutions to be commenced
12. Part IX · Miscellaneous Provisions
    1. 209 General Rules
    2. 210 and 211 [Repealed, 1992, c. 27, s. 78]
    3. 212 Rights of banks, etc.
    4. 213 Winding-up and Restructuring Act not to apply
    5. 214 Fees to officers of the court
    6. 215 No action against Superintendent, etc., without leave of court
    7. 215.1 Claims in foreign currency
    8. 216 [Repealed, 2007, c. 36, s. 55]
13. Part X · Orderly Payment of Debts
    1. 217 Definitions
    2. 218 Application
    3. 219 Application for consolidation order
    4. 220 Duties of clerk
    5. 221 Objection by creditor
    6. 222 Adding additional creditors
    7. 223 Hearing of objections
    8. 224 Issue of consolidation order
    9. 225 Contents of consolidation order
    10. 226 Consolidation order not to be issued
    11. 227 Review of consolidation order
    12. 228 Terms may be imposed on debtor
    13. 229 Process stayed by consolidation order
    14. 230 Assignments of debtor’s property to clerk
    15. 231 Adding creditors after order
    16. 232 Secured claims
    17. 233 Enforcement of order in default of debtor
    18. 234 Re-examination of debtor
    19. 235 Disposition of moneys paid into court
    20. 236 Oaths
    21. 237 If assignment or bankruptcy order made
    22. 238 Appeal
    23. 239 Clerk to report
    24. 239.1 No dismissal, etc., of employees
    25. 239.2 No discontinuance of public utilities
    26. 240 Regulations
    27. 241 Audit of proceedings
    28. 242 Application of this Part
14. Part XI · Secured Creditors and Receivers
    1. 243 Court may appoint receiver
    2. 244 Advance notice
    3. 245 Receiver to give notice
    4. 246 Receiver’s statement
    5. 246.1 Intellectual property — sale or disposition
    6. 247 Good faith, etc.
    7. 248 Powers of court
    8. 249 Receiver may apply to court for directions
    9. 250 Right to apply to court
    10. 251 Protection of receivers
    11. 252 Defence available
15. Part XII · Securities Firm Bankruptcies
    1. Interpretation
    2. General
    3. Distribution of Estate
    4. Accounting of Trustee
16. Part XIII · Cross-border Insolvencies
    1. Purpose
    2. Interpretation
    3. Recognition of Foreign Proceeding
    4. Obligations
    5. Multiple Proceedings
    6. Miscellaneous Provisions
17. Part XIV · Review of Act
    1. 285 Review of Act
18. Related provisions