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Bankruptcy Act 1924
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### Court may declare deed void.
S.A., s. 285.
W.A., 1898, s. 27.
176.—(1.) The Court may—
(a) at any time before the final winding up of the estate declare the deed to be void on the ground that it does not comply with the provisions of this Part, or on the ground of fraud, or of any wilful and material error or omission in either of the schedules annexed to the deed; and
(b) at any time before the final winding up of the estate and before the granting of a certificate of the validity of the deed, on the petition of more than one-fourth in value or one-half in number of the creditors, declare the deed to be void, and may, if it thinks fit, forthwith make a sequestration order in regard to the estate of the debtor, and proceedings may be had accordingly.
S.A., s. 286.
(2.) Any order of the Court under this section declaring a deed void shall take effect only if a sequestration order is made in pursuance of the last preceding sub-section or is obtained against the debtor within fourteen days after the date of the order; but after the order of the Court is made the deed shall be deemed an act of bankruptcy for the purpose of obtaining, a sequestration order.