Section 52
Dealings with undischarged bankrupt
(1)
All transactions by a bankrupt with any person dealing with him in good faith and for value, in respect of property, whether real or personal, acquired by the bankrupt after the adjudication, shall, if completed before any intervention by the trustee, be valid against the trustee, and any estate or interest in such property which by virtue of this Act is vested in the trustee shall determine and pass in such manner and to such extent as may be required for giving effect to any such transaction.
(b)
For the purposes of this subsection, the receipt of any money, security or negotiable instrument from or by the order or direction of a bankrupt by his banker, and any payment and any delivery of any security or negotiable instrument made to or by the order or direction of a bankrupt by his banker, is deemed to be a transaction by the bankrupt with such banker dealing with him for value.
(2)
Where any individual, company or firm has ascertained that a person having a deposit, whether a deposit in respect of capital or not, or a credit balance with such individual, company or firm is an undischarged bankrupt, then it shall be the duty of such individual, company or firm forthwith to inform the Oficial Receiver and the trustee in the bankruptcy of the existence of the deposit or credit balance, and such individual, company or firm shall not make any payment out of or in respect of the deposit or
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credit balance except under an order of the Court or in accordance with instructions from the Official Receiver or the trustee in the bankruptcy.
(3)
In the case of any contravention of the provisions of subsection (2), the individual or the directors and officers of the company, or the partners and manager of the firm, as the case may be, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.
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