Bankruptcy Act 1966
PART VI
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ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY
Division 3
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Property available for payment of debts
Subdivision A
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General
SECTION 128
NOTICE TO TRUSTEE WHERE IDENTITY OF VENDOR ETC. WITH BANKRUPT IN DOUBT
128(1)
Where a doubt arises as to the identity with a bankrupt of a person appearing in the title to any property, an intending or actual vendor, mortgagor or lessor of the property or applicant to bring land under the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to title to land, or a resuming or constructing authority under any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory may give to the trustee in the bankruptcy a notice containing particulars of the property in question and of the person whose identity with the bankrupt is in question, and a statement of his or her intention to sell, mortgage or lease, or complete a sale, mortgage or lease of, the property or to bring the property under the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to title to land, or to pay compensation in respect of the resumption of the property, as the case may be.
128(2)
The trustee may, within 3 months after the notice was given, file with the Registrar of Titles or Registrar-General or other appropriate officer or authority of the Commonwealth, or of the State or Territory concerned, a memorandum claiming the property in respect of which the notice was given.
128(3)
If the trustee does not file a memorandum claiming the property in accordance with subsection (2) , he or she is not entitled at a future time to assert his or her title to that property or to make any claim in respect of that property as against the vendor, mortgagor, lessor, applicant or the resuming or constructing authority, as the case may be, or a person claiming under or through the vendor, mortgagor, lessor or applicant.
128(4)
The trustee may, at any time before the expiration of the period of 3 months referred to in subsection (2) , withdraw a memorandum filed under that subsection.
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Hide history noteWhere a doubt arises as to the identity with a bankrupt of a person appearing in the title to any property, an intending or actual vendor, mortgagor or lessor of the property or applicant to bring land under the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to title to land, or a resuming or constructing authority under any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory may give to the trustee in the bankruptcy a notice containing particulars of the property in question and of the person whose identity with the bankrupt is in question, and a statement of his or her intention to sell, mortgage or lease, or complete a sale, mortgage or lease of, the property or to bring the property under the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory relating to title to land, or to pay compensation in respect of the resumption of the property, as the case may be.
128(2)
The trustee may, within 3 months after the notice was given, file with the Registrar of Titles or Registrar-General or other appropriate officer or authority of the Commonwealth, or of the State or Territory concerned, a memorandum claiming the property in respect of which the notice was given.
128(3)
If the trustee does not file a memorandum claiming the property in accordance with subsection (2) , he or she is not entitled at a future time to assert his or her title to that property or to make any claim in respect of that property as against the vendor, mortgagor, lessor, applicant or the resuming or constructing authority, as the case may be, or a person claiming under or through the vendor, mortgagor, lessor or applicant.
128(4)
The trustee may, at any time before the expiration of the period of 3 months referred to in subsection (2) , withdraw a memorandum filed under that subsection.
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