Section 7
Liability of firm to have receiving order made against it
(1)
The following provisions shall have the effect in the case of a firm carrying on business in Brunei Darussalam -
(a)
a creditor of the firm shall be entitled to present a bankruptcy petition against the firm, and a receiving order may be made against the firm in respect of an act of bankruptcy committed in reference to the business of the firm by any partner of the firm or by any person having the control or management of the business of the firm. An act of bankruptcy is deemed to be committed in reference to the business of the firm in all cases in which the act relates to the property or creditors of the firm and would be an act of bankruptcy by such partner or person as aforesaid if it is related to his property or creditors;
(b)
it shall be sufficient that a receiving order against the firm be made in the firm's name, without mentioning the names of the
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partners, and such receiving order shall affect the joint and separate property of all the partners;
(c)
the right of a creditor to present a bankruptcy petition against the firm and the jurisdiction of the Court to make a receiving order or an adjudication of bankruptcy against the firm shall not be affected by the fact, if it is so, that all or any of the partners of the firm are not subjects of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or are not resident or domiciled in Brunei Darussalam.
(2)
The provisions of this section shall, so far as the nature of the case will permit, apply to any person carrying on business in Brunei
Darussalam in a name or style other than his own name.