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Part IV · Debt Restructuring Arrangements

46. Debt Restructuring Arrangements: Eligibility Criteria

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

A debtor shall be eligible for a Debt Restructuring

Arrangement when such debtor meets all of the following criteria:-

(a)

the debtor is unable, or is likely to be unable to pay some or all of his or her debts as they become due;

(b)

the debtor is resident in Sri Lanka; or at any time within three years before the date of the making of a proposal for a Debt Restructuring

Arrangement-

(i)

was ordinarily resident, or had a place of residence in Sri Lanka; or

(ii)

carried on business in Sri Lanka;

(c)

the debtor is not currently a bankrupt debtor;

(d)

is not subject to a Debt Rehabilitation Order under Part V.

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