Section 49

In the event of a second or subsequent bankruptcy order made against a bankrupt or in the event of an order being made for the administering in bankruptcy of the estate of a deceased bankrupt, any property acquired by him since he was last adjudged bankrupt, which at the date when the subsequent petition was presented had not been distributed amongst the creditors in such last preceding bankruptcy, shall (subject to any disposition thereof made by the Director General of Insolvency in that bankruptcy, without knowledge of the presentation of the subsequent petition)

vest in the Director General of Insolvency on account of the subsequent bankruptcy or administration in bankruptcy as the case may be.

Where the Director General of Insolvency in any bankruptcy receives notice of a subsequent petition in bankruptcy against the bankrupt or after his decease of a petition for the administration of his estate in bankruptcy, the Director General of Insolvency shall hold any property then in his possession which has been acquired by the bankrupt since he was adjudged bankrupt until the subsequent petition has been disposed of, and, if on the subsequent petition a bankruptcy order or an order for the administration of the estate in bankruptcy is made, he shall hold all such property or the proceeds thereof (after deducting his costs and expenses)

to the account of the subsequent bankruptcy or administration in bankruptcy, as the case may be.

Act 360

Effect of Bankruptcy on Antecedent Transactions

Restriction of rights of creditor under execution or attachment