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Section 64

Provision for creditors residing at a distance, etc.

of Insolvency Act 1967

ActIn forceProvision 61 of 136
Section 64
(1)

In the calculation and distribution of a dividend the

Director General of Insolvency shall make provision for debts provable in bankruptcy appearing from the bankrupt’s statements or otherwise to be due to persons resident in places so distant from the place where the Director General of Insolvency is acting that in the ordinary course of communication they have not had sufficient time to tender their proofs or to establish them if disputed, and also for debts provable in bankruptcy the subject of claims not yet determined.

(2)

The Director General of Insolvency shall also make provision for any disputed proofs or claims and for the expenses necessary for the administration of the estate or otherwise, and, subject to the foregoing provisions, he shall distribute as dividend all money in hand.