Section 4 — Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

(1) The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Bankruptcy Act 1958 or the Bankruptcy Act 1959 effected by subsection (1) of this section:

(a) the provisions of section 7 of the Bankruptcy Act 1958, as amended by the Bankruptcy Act 1959, continue to apply to a purported extension of time or a purported fixing of a time to which those provisions applied immediately before the commencement of this Act; and

(b) the provisions of section 5 of the Bankruptcy Act 1959 continue to apply to a seal or stamp to which those provisions applied immediately before the commencement of this Act;

as if those Acts had not been repealed.

Related sections

• s 1 — Short title
• s 2 — Commencement
• s 4A — Insolvency Practice Schedule
• s 5 — Interpretation
• s 5A — Acting in accordance with a person’s directions or instructions
• s 5B — Associated entities: companies

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