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Contents

Part I

10. Office and name of Official Receiver

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The Official Receiver may –

(a)

sue and be sued in the name of “the Official

Receiver of the property of [inserting the name of the debtor in bankruptcy or of the company in liquidation]”; and

(b)

in that name, do any act necessary or expedient to be done in the execution of the Official Receiver’s office.

(2)

The Official Receiver may execute any document by signing the private name of the Official Receiver under the official name of Official Receiver, but nothing in this subsection shall prevent the Official Receiver from executing a document by affixing the seal of the office of Official

Receiver thereto and attesting the affixing of the seal.

Part II

Personal Insolvency: Principles

Part III

Debt Protection Moratorium Order

Part IV

Debt Restructuring Arrangements

Part V

Debt Rehabilitation Orders

Part VI

Part VII

Personal Insolvency Register

Part VIII

Part IX

Part X

Compromises

Part XI

Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME) Company Debt Restructuring Arrangements

Part XII

Part XIII

Part XIV

Cross - Border Insolvency

Part XV

Part XVI

Part XVII

Schedules