1The following shall be substituted for section 31 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) (receiver and manager: disqualification)—
(1)A person commits an offence if he acts as receiver or manager of the property of a company on behalf of debenture holders while—
(a)he is an undischarged bankrupt, or
(b)a bankruptcy restrictions order is in force in respect of him.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable to imprisonment, a fine or both.
(3)This section does not apply to a receiver or manager acting under an appointment made by the court.”
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]