Section 6BBankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

Provision of statement of affairs under Part XI and statement of administration of estate of deceased person

(2) A reference in paragraph 246(1)(a) or subsection 247(1) to a statement of a deceased person’s affairs and of administration of the deceased person’s estate is a reference to a statement, in an approved form, of those affairs and of that administration.

(3) If the trustee administering the estate of a deceased person under Part XI has reasonable grounds to suspect that:

(a) any particulars set out in a statement of affairs that was filed by a person under subsection 246(1) or 247(1) are false or misleading in a material respect; or

(b) any material particulars have been omitted from that statement;

the trustee may give the person a written notice requiring the person to provide specified information or books within a specified period of at least 14 days to enable the trustee to decide whether the particulars set out in the statement are correct.

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