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85. Automatic discharge from bankruptcy.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 85A, every bankruptcy shall, on the 1st anniversary of the date of the making of the adjudication order in respect of that bankruptcy, unless prior to that date the bankruptcy has been discharged or annulled, stand discharged.

(2)

(a) Where an adjudication order in respect of a bankruptcy would, but for section 10 of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015, expire on any day during the period of 6 months from the commencement of that section, the bankruptcy concerned shall, subject to section 85A, stand discharged on that day unless it has otherwise been discharged or annulled.

(b) Where an adjudication order in respect of a bankruptcy would, but for section 10 of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015, expire at any time after the expiration of 6 months from the commencement of that section, the bankruptcy concerned shall, subject to section 85A, stand discharged on the later of -

(i) 6 months after that commencement, or

(ii) one year from the date t

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