No. 7/2018 INSOLVENCY Cap.6:07 an order for his or her rehabilitation before a period of five years has elapsed from the date of the conviction in question. (3) The Master may on the request of the debtor recommend to the Court that an application referred to in subsection (l)(c) may be made before the expiration of the said period of four years, but no such application may be made within a period of 12 months from the said date or, in the case \vhere the debtor's estate was liquidated prior to the liquidation in respect of which he or she applies for rehabilitation, within a period of three years from the said date. (4) A debtor who wishes to apply for a rehabilitation order must(a) send a standard notice of his or her intended application(i) in the case of an application contemplated in subsection (l)(a), to the Master and the liquidator, not less than four weeks before the date of the intended application; or (ii) in the case of an application contemplated in subsection (l)(b), (c) or (d), to the Master and the liquidator, not less than six weeks before the date of the intended application, and by way of the publication of a notice in the Gazette, and he or she must send a copy of the said notice by standard notice to every creditor of the estate whose name and address are known to him or her or which he or she can readily obtain; and (b) furnish security to the registrar of the Court in the amount of or to the value of $500 in respect of the costs of any person \vho may oppose the application for rehabilitation, and who may be awarded costs by the Court. (5) The Minister may amend the amount mentioned in subsection (4)(b) by notice in the Gazette so as to take account of subsequent fluctuations in the value of money. (6) The notice referred to in subsection (4)(a)(i) or (ii) must state the estimated value and reflect full details of the assets of the debtor at the time of the application. (7) A debtor must in support of his or her application for rehabilitation submit an affidavit stating that he or she has made a complete surrender of his or her estate and that he or she has not granted or promised any benefit to any person or entered into any secret agreement with intent to induce the liquidator of the estate or any creditor not to oppose the application for rehabilitation. (8) The said affidavit must contain a statement of his or her assets and liabilities and of his or her earnings, and his or her own as well as his or her spouse's contribution to his or her household on the date of the application. (9) The Court must be apprised of the dividend, if any, paid to his or her creditors, what further assets in the insolvent estate are available for realisation and the estimated value thereof, the total amount of all claims proved against the estate, and the total amount of his or her liabilities at the date of liquidation of his or her estate. (10) If application is made for rehabilitation pursuant to subsection ( 1)(b), the debtor must set out the particulars of the composition and state whether there are or are not creditors whose claims against the estate have not been proved, and if there are such creditors, state their names and addresses and particulars of their claims. (11) A liquidator who has received a notice contemplated in subsection (4)(a) must report to the Master any facts that would justify the Court in refusing, postponing or qualifying, the debtor's rehabilitation. (12) A partnership whose estate has been liquidated may not be rehabilitated. 274

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