356 False statements.E+W
(1)The bankrupt is guilty of an offence if he makes or has made any material omission in any statement made under any provision in this Group of Parts and relating to his affairs.
Section 352 applies to this offence.
(2)The bankrupt is 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 before petition or (whether or not such a meeting) at any time in the intial period, he did anything which would have been an offence under 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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 356(2)(d) applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, arts. 8(3)(9), 10(6), Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 25