### Bankruptcy Ordinance 《破產條例》

30AC. Non-commencement of relevant period: court order and trustee’s notice
(1) On an application made by the trustee under section 30AB(1), the court may approve the application and make a non-commencement order against the bankrupt if it—
(a) is satisfied by the trustee as to the matters mentioned in section 30AB(1)(a), (b) and (c); and
(b) is not satisfied by the bankrupt that there is sufficient cause for the order not to be made.
(2) A non-commencement order—
(a) must—
(i) specify that the relevant period for the bankrupt is treated as not commencing to run on the date of the bankruptcy order; and
(ii) specify one or more terms that the bankrupt must comply with before the relevant period is to commence to run; and
(b) may specify any other terms the court thinks fit.
(3) If the terms specified under subsection (2)(a)(ii) are complied with by the bankrupt, the trustee must, within 14 days after the date on which all such terms are complied with—
(a) file with the Registrar a notice stating that fact and the date on which all such terms are complied with; and
(b) send a copy of the notice to—
(i) the bankrupt; and
(ii) (where the trustee is not the Official Receiver) the Official Receiver.
(4) On the trustee’s filing of the notice mentioned in subsection (3)(a), the relevant period is treated as commencing to run on the date stated in the notice under that subsection.
(5) This section is without prejudice to any power of the court to annul a bankruptcy order.
(Added 1 of 2016 s. 5)

### Bankruptcy Ordinance 《破產條例》

30C. Bankruptcy order made before sections 30 to 30B come into operation
(1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 30 to 30B apply to a bankruptcy order made before those sections come into operation in respect of which no order to discharge the bankrupt has been made. 
(2) Where a bankrupt—
(a) has not previously been adjudged bankrupt and the bankruptcy order was made not less than 42 months; or (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 101)
(b) has previously been adjudged bankrupt and the current bankruptcy order was made not less than 54 months, (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 101)
before sections 30 to 30B came into operation, he shall be deemed to be discharged from bankruptcy 12 months after the day this section comes into operation unless, during that 12 month period, the trustee or a creditor files an objection on a ground set forth in section 30A(4)(a) to (h), in which case section 30A applies and the court shall deal with the matter as it sees fit. 
(Added 76 of 1996 s. 20)

### Bankruptcy Ordinance 《破產條例》

30D. Order for production of documents by Commissioner of Inland Revenue
(1) For the purposes of an examination under section 29, the court may, on the application of the trustee where the trustee is—
(a) the Official Receiver; or
(b) a certified public accountant as defined in the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap. 50) or a solicitor, (Amended 23 of 2004 s. 56)
order the Commissioner of Inland Revenue to produce to the court—
(i) any return, account or accounts submitted (whether before or after the commencement of the bankruptcy) by the bankrupt to any inland revenue official;
(ii) any assessment or determination made (whether before or after the commencement of the bankruptcy) in relation to the bankrupt by any inland revenue official; or
(iii) any correspondence (whether before or after the commencement of the bankruptcy) between the bankrupt and any inland revenue official.
(2) Notwithstanding any other Ordinance, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue shall, within 21 days of the order being made by the court—
(a) produce the document in such form as is acceptable to the court; or
(b) apply to the court for the discharge or variation of the order.
(3) Where the court has made an order under subsection (1) for the purposes of any examination or proceedings, the court may, at any time after the document to which the order relates is produced to it, by order authorize the disclosure of the document, or of any part of its contents, to the trustee.
(4) The trustee shall not disclose to any other person the contents of a document disclosed to him by order of the court under this section unless they are disclosed as part of an examination under section 29.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, no creditor or member of a creditors’ committee is entitled to see the contents of a document disclosed to a trustee under this section.
(Added 76 of 1996 s. 21)

### Bankruptcy Ordinance 《破產條例》

30E. Supplies of gas, water, electricity, etc.
(1) This section applies where on any day (the relevant day)—
(a) a bankruptcy order is made against a debtor; or
(b) a voluntary arrangement proposed by a debtor is approved at a meeting summoned under section 20E,
and in this section the office-holder (負責人) means the Official Receiver or the trustee, as the case may be, or, in the case of a voluntary arrangement, the nominee.
(2) If a request falling within subsection (3) is made for the giving after the relevant day of any of the supplies mentioned in subsection (4), the supplier may make it a condition of the giving of the supply that the office-holder personally guarantees the payment of any charges in respect of the supply, but the supplier shall not, directly or indirectly, make it a condition of the giving of the supply that any outstanding charges in respect of a supply given to the debtor before the relevant day are paid.
(3) A request falls within this subsection if it is made—
(a) by or with the concurrence of the office-holder; and
(b) for the purposes of any business which is or has been carried on by the debtor, by a firm or partnership of which the debtor is or was a member, or by an agent or manager for the debtor or for such a firm or partnership.
(4) The supplies referred to in subsection (2) are—
(a) a public supply of gas;
(b) a public supply of electricity;
(c) a supply of water under the Waterworks Ordinance (Cap. 102);
(d) a supply of telecommunications services by a public telecommunications operator licensed under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106). (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 28)
(Added 76 of 1996 s. 21)