Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 194
194.
A bankrupt trader can be declared guilty of simple
bankruptcy and be liable to the punishment laid down in article
192, in each of the cases following:
(a) if he has not kept the books prescribed by law, or has
irregularly kept such books, or if such books do not
show his true financial position, (debit and credit);
(b) if, being lawfully summoned for examination before
the competent authority and not being lawfully
prevented, he fails to attend within the period fixed for
his appearance.
Complicity in
bankruptcy.
Amended by:
XI.1900.23.
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