Section 40: Power to re-adjudge debtor insolvent. If default is made in the payment of any instalment

40. Power to re-adjudge debtor insolvent. If default is made in the payment of any instalment due in pursuance of the composition or schem e, or if it appears to the Court that the composition or scheme cannot proceed without injustice or undue delay, or that the approval of the Court was obtained by fraud, the Court may, if it thinks fit, re-adjudge the debtor insolvent and annul the composi tion or scheme but without prejudice to the validity of any transfer or payment duly made or of anything duly done under or in pursuance of the composition or scheme. When a debtor is re -adjudged insolvent under this section, all debts provable in other re spects which have been contracted before the date of such re-adjudication shall be provable in the insolvency. Discharge

Effective date: 1920-01-01

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