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Section 41, The Bankruptcy Act, 2009
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(1) The property of the bankrupt divisible among hiscreditors, and in this Act referred to as the property of the bankrupt,
shall, subject to subsection (2), comprise the following:-
(a) all such property as may belong to or be
vested in the bankrupt at the commencement
of the bankruptcy or may be acquired by or
devolve on him before his discharge;
(b) the capacity to exercise and to take
proceedings for exercising all such powers
in or over or in respect of property as might
have been exercised by the bankrupt for his
own benefit at the commencement of his
bankruptcy or before his discharge;
(c) all goods being, at the commencement of the
bankruptcy in the possession, order or
disposition of the bankrupt in his trade or
business; but things-in-action other than
debts due or growing due to the bankrupt in
the course of his trade or business shall not
be deemed goods within the meaning of this
section.
(2) The property of the bankrupt divisible among his
creditors shall not include the following:-
(a) property held by the bankrupt on trust for
any other person;
(b) the tools, if any, of his trade and the necessary
wearing apparel and bedding of himself and
his family dependent on and residing with
him, to a value, inclusive of tools and apparel
and bedding, not exceeding Le1,000,000 in
the whole.
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