C1PART IXBANKRUPTCY
CHAPTER VIBANKRUPTCY OFFENCES
Wrongdoing by the bankrupt before and after bankruptcy
False statements327
1
The bankrupt shall be guilty of an offence if he makes or has made any material omission in any statement made under any provision in Parts VIII to X and relating to his affairs.
2
Article 323 applies to an offence under paragraph (1).
3
The bankrupt shall be guilty of an offence if—
a
knowing or believing that a false debt has been proved by any person under the bankruptcy, he fails to inform the trustee as soon as practicable; or
b
he attempts to account for any part of his property by fictitious losses or expenses; or
c
at any meeting of his creditors in the 12 months immediately preceding petition or (whether or not at such a meeting) at any time in the initial period, he did anything which would have been an offence under sub‐paragraph (b) if the bankruptcy order had been made before he did it; or
d
he is, or at any time has been, guilty of any false representation or other fraud for the purpose of obtaining the consent of his creditors, or any of them, to an agreement with reference to his affairs or to his bankruptcy.
Pts. VIII-X (arts. 209-345) modified by Foyle Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1952 (c. 5), s. 52K(2) (as inserted (prosp.) by Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/915 (N.I. 9)), arts. 1(3), 3(1) (with art. 32))