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Bankruptcy Act 1924
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### Jurisdiction in chambers.
E.B.A., s. 101.
N.S.W., s. 136.
Vic., ss. 10, 20.
Q., s. 10.
S.A., s. 18.
W.A., s. 91.
Tas., s. 62.
21. A Judge exercising jurisdiction in bankruptcy may exercise in chambers the whole or any part of his jurisdiction:
Provided that the following shall be heard and determined in open Court, namely:—
(a) Examinations under this Act;
(b) Applications for orders of discharge;
(c) Applications to consider and the consideration of a composition or scheme of arrangement or the granting of a certificate of the validity of a deed of assignment;
(d) Applications to set aside or avoid any settlement conveyance transfer security or payment, or to declare for or against the title of trustees to any property adversely claimed;
(e) Applications for the committal of any person to prison;
(f) Appeals against the rejection of a proof or applications to expunge or reduce a proof;
(g) Applications for the trial of issues of fact with a jury and the trial of such issues; and
(h) All questions arising under Part XI. and Part XII. of this Act.