Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

272.   False statements

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    (1)   The bankrupt commits an offence if he or she makes or has made any material omission in any statement required to be made under any provision of this Sub-Part in relation to his or her affairs.

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    (2)   The bankrupt commits an offence if—

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      (a)     knowing or believing that a false debt has been proved by the person under the bankruptcy, he or she fails to inform the trustee as soon as practicable;

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      (b)     he or she attempts to account for any part of his or her property by fictitious losses or expenses;

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      (c)     at any meeting of his or her creditors in the 6 months before the petition or (whether or not at such a meeting) at any time in the initial period, he or she did anything which would have been an offence under paragraph (b) if the bankruptcy order had been made before he or she did it; or

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      (d)     he or she is or at anytime has been, convicted of any false representation or other fraud for the purpose of obtaining the consent of his or her creditors, or any of them, to an agreement with reference to his or her affairs or to his or her bankruptcy.

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    (3)   The bankrupt commits an offence if he or she conceals or removes, or has at anytime before the commencement of the bankruptcy concealed or removed, any part of his or her property after, or within 6 months before, the date on which a judgment or an order for the payment of the money has been obtained against him or her, being a judgment or an order which was not satisfied before the commencement of the bankruptcy.