Contracts to which bankrupt is a partyN.I.
318.—(1) This Article applies where a contract has been made with a person who is subsequently adjudged bankrupt.
(2) The High Court may, on the application of any other party to the contract, make an order discharging obligations under the contract on such terms as to payment by the applicant or the bankrupt of damages for non‐performance or otherwise as appear to the Court to be equitable.
(3) Any damages payable by the bankrupt by virtue of an order of the High Court under this Article are provable as a bankruptcy debt.
(4) Where an undischarged bankrupt is a contractor in respect of any contract jointly with any person, that person may sue or be sued in respect of the contract without the joinder of the bankrupt.