Insolvency Act 1985

187 Fraudulent disposal etc. of property

(1) The bankrupt shall be guilty of an offence if—

(a) he makes or causes to be made, or has in the period of five years ending with the commencement of the bankruptcy made or caused to be made, any gift or transfer of, or any charge on, his property ; or

(b) he conceals or removes, or has at any time before the commencement of the bankruptcy concealed or removed, any part of his property after, or within two months before, the date on which a judgment or order for the payment of money has been obtained against him, being a judgment or order which was not satisfied before the commencement of the bankruptcy.

(2) The bankrupt shall be guilty of an offence if—

(a) he leaves, or attempts or makes preparations to leave, England and Wales with any property the value of which is not less than the prescribed amount and possession of which he is required to deliver up to the official receiver or the trustee of his estate ; or

(b) in the period of six months ending with the presentation of the petition or between the presentation of the petition and the commencement of the bankruptcy, he did anything which would have been an offence under paragraph (a) above if the order had been made immediately before he did it.

(3) In this section—

(a) references to property possession of which is required to be delivered up to the official receiver or the trustee of a bankrupt's estate include references to any property which would be such property if a notice in respect of it were given under section 154 or 155 above; and

(b) references to making a transfer of or charge on any property include references to causing or conniving at the levying of any execution against that property.