Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (repealed)
Administration of bankruptcy
Receipts and expenses.
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Interim trustee
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Permanent trustee
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Commissioners
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Petitions for sequestration
Sequestration of the estate of living or deceased debtor
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Sequestration of other estates
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Meaning of apparent insolvency
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Further provisions relating to presentation of petitions
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Jurisdiction
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Concurrent proceedings for sequestration or analogous remedy
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Creditor's oath
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Award of sequestration and appointment and resignation of interim trustee
When sequestration is awarded
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Appointment and resignation of interim trustee
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Registration of court order
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Further provisions relating to award of sequestration
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Petitions for recall of sequestration
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Recall of sequestration
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Initial stages of sequestration
Interim preservation of estate
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Debtor's list of assets and liabilities
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Trustee's duties on receipt of list of assets and liabilities
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Statutory meeting of creditors and trustee vote
Calling of statutory meeting
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Submission of claims for voting purposes at statutory meeting
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Proceedings at statutory meeting before election of permanent trustee
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Election of permanent trustee
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Confirmation of permanent trustee
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- (A1) This section applies where a replacement trustee is elected by virtue of a trustee vote.
- (1) On the election of the replacement trustee—
- (a) the original trustee shall forthwith make a report of the proceedings at the statutory meeting to the sheriff; and
- (b) the debtor, a creditor, the original trustee, the replacement trustee or the Accountant in Bankruptcy may, within 4 days after the statutory meeting, object to any matter connected with the election; and such objection shall be by summary application to the sheriff, specifying the grounds on which the objection is taken.
- (2) If there is no timeous objection under subsection (1)(b) above, the sheriff shall forthwith declare the elected person to be the trustee in the sequestration ; and the sheriff shall make an order appointing him as such .
- (2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (3) If there is a timeous objection under subsection (1)(b) above, the sheriff shall forthwith give parties an opportunity to be heard thereon and shall give his decision.
- (4) If in his decision under subsection (3) above the sheriff—
- (a) rejects the objection, subsection (2) above shall apply as if there had been no timeous objection;
- (b) sustains the objection, he shall order the original trustee to arrange a new meeting at which a new trustee vote shall be held ; and sections 23 and 24 of this Act and this section shall apply in relation to such a meeting.
- (5) Any declaration, appointment or decision of the sheriff under this section shall be final, and no expense in objecting under this section shall fall on the debtor’s estate.
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Provisions relating to termination of interim trustee's functions
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Discharge of interim trustee
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Replacement of trustee
Resignation and death of permanent trustee
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Removal of permanent trustee and trustee not acting
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Election, resignation and removal of commissioners
Election, resignation and removal of commissioners
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Vesting of estate in trustee
Vesting of estate at date of sequestration
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Vesting of estate, and dealings of debtor, after sequestration
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Limitations on vesting
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Safeguarding of interests of creditors of insolvent persons
Gratuitous alienations
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Recalling of order for payment of capital sum on divorce
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Unfair preferences
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Effect of sequestration on diligence
Effect of sequestration on diligence
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Administration of estate by trustee
Taking possession of estate by permanent trustee
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Management and realisation of estate
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Power of permanent trustee in relation to the debtor's family home
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Protection of rights of spouse against arrangements intended to defeat them
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Contractual powers of permanent trustee
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Money received by permanent trustee
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Examination of debtor
Private examination
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Public examination
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Provisions ancillary to sections 44 and 45
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Conduct of examination
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Submission and adjudication of claims
Submission of claims to permanent trustee
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Adjudication of claims
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Entitlement to vote and draw dividend
Entitlement to vote and draw dividend
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Distribution of debtor’s estate
Order of priority in distribution
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Estate to be distributed in respect of accounting periods
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Procedure after end of accounting period
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Discharge of debtor
Automatic discharge after 3 years
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Effect of discharge under section 54
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Discharge on composition
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Discharge of trustee
Discharge of permanent trustee
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Unclaimed dividends
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Voluntary trust deeds for creditors
Voluntary trust deeds for creditors
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Miscellaneous and supplementary
Liabilities and rights of co-obligants
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Extortionate credit transactions
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Sederunt book and other documents
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Power to cure defects in procedure
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Debtor to co-operate with permanent trustee
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Arbitration and compromise
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Meetings of creditors and commissioners
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General offences by debtor etc.
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Summary proceedings
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Outlays of interim and permanent trustee
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Supplies by utilities
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Edinburgh Gazette
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Regulations
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Interpretation
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Meaning of "associate"
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Amendments, repeals and transitional provisions
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Receipts and expenses
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Crown application
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Short title, commencement and extent
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SCHEDULE 1
Amount which may be claimed generally
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Claims for aliment and periodical allowance on divorce
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Debts depending on contingency
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Secured debts
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Valuation of claims against partners for debts of the partnership
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SCHEDULE 2
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SCHEDULE 3
Part I — List of Preferred Debts
Debts to Inland Revenue
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Debts due to Customs and Excise
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Social Security contributions
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Contributions to occupational pension schemes, et ceteralaetc.
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Remuneration of employees, et ceteralaetc.
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Part II — Interpretation of Part I
Meaning of “the relevant date”
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Periods to which value added tax referable
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Amounts payable by way of remuneration
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Transitional Provisions
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SCHEDULE 4
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SCHEDULE 5
Remuneration of trustee
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Registration of notice of inhibition
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Lodging of claim to bar effect of limitation of actions
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Valuation of claims
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Protected trust deeds
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Creditors not acceding to protected trust deed
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SCHEDULE 6
Part I — Meetings of creditors other than the statutory meeting
Calling of meeting
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Role of . . . trustee at meeting
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Appeals
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Part II — All Meetings of Creditors
Validity of proceedings
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Locus of meeting
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Mandatories
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Quorum
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Voting at meeting
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Objections by creditors
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Adjournment of meeting
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Minutes of meeting
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Part III — Meetings of Commissioners
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