Failure to disclose fact of being undischarged
(Section 199)
An undischarged bankrupt who:
- (a) engages in any trade or business without disclosing to all persons
with whom the undischarged bankrupt enters into any business transaction that
the undischarged bankrupt is an undischarged bankrupt, or
- (b) obtains credit to a total of five hundred dollars or more from any
person or persons without informing such persons that the undischarged
bankrupt is an undischarged bankrupt,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable
to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding one year, or to both.
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