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Bankruptcy Act 1924
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### Audit of trustee’s accounts.
E.B.A., ss. 87, 92.
N.S.W., ss. 78, 98, 101.
Vic., ss. 110, 128.
Q., ss. 193, 194.
W.A., ss. 74, 78.
Tas., ss. 54–57.
146.—(1.) The trustee shall, at the prescribed times, transmit to the Registrar—
(a) an account in the prescribed form and verified by affidavit of his receipts and payments as trustee; and
(b) a report as to the bankrupt’s conduct and affairs and such other matters in relation to the bankrupt or his estate as is prescribed.
(2.) The Registrar may cause the account to be audited by the prescribed officer, and for the purposes of the audit the trustee
shall furnish and produce such vouchers, information, books and accounts as the Registrar requires or as is prescribed.
(3.) If a creditor with the concurrence of one-sixth in value of the creditors including himself requires the Registrar at any time to have the accounts of the trustee audited the Registrar shall have the audit made accordingly.
(4.) When the account has been audited, it shall be filed with the Court, and shall be open to the inspection of any creditor, or of the bankrupt, or of any person interested.
(5.) The Registrar may at any time order the trustee to submit to him an account, verified by affidavit, of the sums received and paid by him, and may direct an audit thereof.
(6.) The Registrar shall report to the Court any misfeasance, neglect, or omission on the part of the trustee, and the Court may order the trustee to make good any loss which the bankrupt’s estate has sustained thereby, or make such other order in the premises as it thinks fit.
Division 4.—Control over Trustees.