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Version date: 24 December 2013 - onwards

10. Amendment of Bankruptcy Act 1988

The Bankruptcy Act 1988 is amended -

(a) in section 17 by the substitution of the following for subsection (2):

"(2) The Court shall cause notice of the adjudication to be given as soon as may be in the prescribed manner in the Iris Oifigiúil, and -

(a) in at least one daily newspaper circulating in the State, or

(b) by the publication of the notice on the website of the Insolvency Service of Ireland.",

(b) in section 105, by the substitution of the following for subsection (2):

"(2) On an adjudication under subsection (1) the Court shall proceed as in bankruptcy and cause notice of the adjudication to be given forthwith in the prescribed manner in the Iris Oifigiúil, and -

(a) in at least one daily newspaper circulating in the State, or

(b) by the publication of the notice on the website of the Insolvency Service of Ireland,

and the petitioner shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court in the same manner as any other bankrupt, and any proposal which may have been made or accepted or approved shall be void.",

(c) by the substitution of the following for section 130:

"130. Arranging publication of notice without authority

A person who -