Part IX Bankruptcy
Chapter IThe court: bankruptcy petitions and bankruptcy orders
Preliminary
264 Who may present a bankruptcy petition.
(1)
A petition for a bankruptcy order to be made against an individual may be presented to the court in accordance with the following provisions of this Part—
(a)
by one of the individual’s creditors or jointly by more than one of them,
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(c)
by the supervisor of, or any person (other than the individual) who is for the time being bound by, a voluntary arrangement proposed by the individual and approved under Part VIII, or
(d)
where a criminal bankruptcy order has been made against the individual, by the Official Petitioner or by any person specified in the order in pursuance of section 39(3)(b) of the M1Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973.
(2)
Subject to those provisions, the court may make a bankruptcy order on any such petition.