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Section 126: Any undischarged bankrupt commits an offence if-.

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(a) either alone or jointly with any other person, he obtains credit to the extent of Le2,000,000 or more from any person without first informing that person that he is an undischarged bankrupt; (b) he engages in any trade or business under a name or names other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt and in the course of such trade or business obtains credit from any person without first disclosing to the person the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt; or (c) he engages in any trade or business under a name or names or other than that or those under which he was adjudicated bankrupt without first publishing, once in the Gazette, and in three successive issues of two daily newspapers, a notice containing the following particulars:- (i) the name or names under which he was adjudicated bankrupt; (ii) the last address at which he carried on any trade or business prior to the adjudication; (iii) the name or names under which he intends to carry on the trade or business; (iv) the nature of the trade or business which he intends to carry on; and (v) the address or addresses at which he intends to carry it on, and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Le20,000,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both the fine and imprisonment.

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