Section 28, The Bankruptcy Act, 2009

(1) The court may, on the application of the official receiveror trustee, at any time after a receiving order has been made against a debtor, summon before it, the debtor or any person known or suspected to have in his possession any of the estate or effects belonging to the debtor or supposed to be indebted to the debtor, or any person whom the court may think capable of giving information respecting the debtor, his dealing or property, and the court may require that person to produce any documents in his custody or power relating to the debtor, his dealings or property. (2) If any person so summoned, after having been tendered a reasonable sum, refuses to come before the court at the time appointed, or refuses to produce the document, having no lawful impediment made known to the court at the time of its sitting and allowed by it, the court may, by warrant, cause him to be apprehended and brought up for examination. (3) The court may, by itself or by a commissioner for oaths appointed for the purpose, examine on oath either by word of mouth or by written interrogatories, any person so brought before it concerning the debtor, his dealings or property. (4) If any person on examination before the court admits that he is indebted to the debtor, the court may, on the application of the official receiver or trustee, order him to pay to the official receiver or trustee, at such time and in such manner as the court thinks expedient, the amount admitted or any part of it either in full discharge of the whole amount in question or not, as the court thinks fit, or without cost of the examination. 24 25 Re-direction of debtor’s mail. Inquiry as to debtor’s conduct, dealings and (5) If any person on examination before the court admits that he has in his possession any property belonging to the debtor, the court may, on the application of the official receiver or trustee, order him to deliver to the official receiver or trustee such property or any part of it, at such time and in a manner and on such terms as the court may think just. (6) The court may, if it thinks fit, order that any person who if in Sierra Leone would be liable to be brought before it under this section be examined in any place out of Sierra Leone by a commissioner for oaths appointed for the purpose.