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Court may order creditor to prosecute criminally
Cap. 168, s. 9 · Revised Edition 2020
Where any court of competent jurisdiction is satisfied upon the representation of any creditor or upon hearing any evidence which may be adduced before it that there is ground to believe that any judgment debtor has been guilty of any offence under this Act, the court shall, if it appears to the court that there is a reasonable probability that such debtor may be convicted, order such creditor to prosecute the debtor for such offence under Part III of the Indictable Procedure Act, Cap. 96,
before the magistrate of the district in which such judgment was obtained.
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