(1) The bankrupt commits an offence if—
(a) either alone or jointly with any other person, he or she obtains credit to the extent of $500 or more without giving the person from whom he or she obtains it the relevant information about his or her status; or
(b) he or she engages (whether directly or indirectly) in any business under a name other than that in which he or she was adjudged bankrupt without disclosing to all persons with whom he or she enters into any business transaction the name in which he or she was so adjudged.
(2) The reference to the bankrupt obtaining credit includes the following cases—
(a) where goods are bailed out to him or her under a hire-purchase agreement, or agreed to be sold to him or her under a conditional sale agreement; and
(b) where he or she is paid in advance (whether in money or otherwise) for the supply of goods or services.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) the relevant information about status of the person in question is the information that he or she is an undischarged bankrupt.