Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “available act of bankruptcy” means any act of bankruptcy available for a bankruptcy petition at the date of the presentation of the petition on which the receiving order is made; “bailiff” includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process; “court” means the Supreme Court; “debt provable in bankruptcy” or “provable debt” includes any debt or liability by this Act made provable in bankruptcy; “gazetted” means published in the Gazette; “general rules” includes forms; “goods” includes all chattels personal; “Minister” means the 9 “Minister” means the Attorney General; “ordinary resolution” means a resolution decided by a majority in value of the creditors present, personally or by proxy, at a meeting of creditors and voting on the resolution; “person” includes a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate; “property” includes money, goods, things in action, land and every description of property, whether real or personal and whether situate in Belize or elsewhere, also obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present or future, vested or contingent, arising out of or incident to property, as above defined; “Registrar” means the Registrar General; “Registry” means the office of the Registrar General in his capacity as Registrar of the Supreme Court; “resolution” means ordinary resolution; “secured creditor” means a person holding a mortgage, charge or lien on the property of the debtor, or any part thereof, which by the law of Belize is valid against creditors as a security for a debt due to him from the debtor, and includes a judgment “special resolution” means a resolution decided by a majority in number and three-fourths in value of the creditors present, personally or by proxy, at a meeting of creditors and voting on the resolution; “trustee” means the trustee in bankruptcy of a debtor’s estate. 10 Adjudication, Discharge Disqualification of Bankrupt etc.