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Voidable dispositions of property by troubled financial institutions and
specified persons
(1) If an administrator has reasonable grounds for believing that a troubled financial
institution or specified person has made any disposition of the property of such institution or
of his or her own property, as the case may be, in collusion with another person for the
purpose of securing that property against sequestration in the course of insolvency or
administration proceedings, the administrator may, on not less than fourteen days’ written
notice to the person in whose favour the disposition was made, apply to a magistrate or judge
in chambers (depending on which court has jurisdiction in the matter) for an order setting
aside such disposition and causing such property to be delivered to the administrator.
(2) A disposition shall not be set aside in terms of subsection (1) if the person in whose
favour the disposition was made proves that the disposition was not collusive but made in the
ordinary course of business without the intention of securing that property against
sequestration in the course of insolvency or administration proceedings.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that no criminal conviction for an offence
under section 41 is required in order for the administrator to take action under this section.
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Statement of troubled financial institution’s affairs
(1) The administrator shall make and submit to the Reserve Bank a statement, as at the
commencement of the administration or such other convenient date as the Reserve Bank may
allow—
(a) showing the particulars of the troubled financial institution’s assets, debts and
liabilities (including its share capital as valued or revalued in accordance with
section 15), the names, addresses and occupations of its creditors, the securities held
by them respectively, the dates when the securities were respectively given and such
further or other information as the Reserve Bank may require; and
(b) identifying, subject to section 18, any past or present director or officer of the
troubled financial institution or other person who it appears to the administrator was
knowingly a party to the carrying on of the business of the institution in the manner
or circumstances referred to in section 18(1), and indicating the extent, if
ascertainable, to which any such person may be held liable for the debts and other
liabilities of the institution:
Provided that if it is not possible to ascertain the extent to which any such
person is so liable, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown in any
application referred to in subsection (7), that every such person is personally
responsible, without limitation of liability, for all the debts and liabilities of the
company;
(c) determining, if possible, whether any share, right, or interest in or claim upon the
troubled financial institution that is purported to be held by a person referred to in
paragraph (b) was obtained by or resulted from any fraud committed by such person
in relation to the institution:
Provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that no criminal
conviction for fraud is required in order for the administrator to make a finding of
fraud under this paragraph.
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