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Bankruptcy Act 1924
Relation back of trustee’s title.Relation back of trustee’s title.
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### Relation back of trustee’s title.
E.B.A., s. 37.
N.S.W., s. 51.
Q., s. 74.
S.A., s. 127.
Tas., s. 10.
W.A., s. 41.
90. The bankruptcy of a debtor, whether it takes place on the debtor’s own petition or upon that of a creditor, shall be deemed to have relation back to, and to commence at, the time of the act of bankruptcy being committed on which a sequestration order is made against him, or, if the bankrupt is proved to have committed more than one act of bankruptcy, to have relation back to, and to commence at, the time of the first of the acts of bankruptcy proved to have been committed by the bankrupt within six months next preceding the date of the presentation of the bankruptcy petition:
Provided that no bankruptcy petition or sequestration order shall be rendered invalid by reason of any act of bankruptcy anterior to the debt of the petitioning creditor.