### Bankruptcy Rules 《破產規則》

127. Form of register
(1) The Registrar shall keep a register for the purpose of section 48 of the Ordinance, and shall on request and on the filing of a duly attested copy of an assignment of existing or future book debts or any class thereof from a person engaged in any trade or business to any other person, and production of the original thereof, and deposit of a certified English or Chinese translation thereof when the original is in a language other than English or Chinese, enter particulars of such assignment in the register. The register shall contain the name, residence and occupation of the persons by whom and to whom the assignment was made and given, and the other particulars shown in the form prescribed under these rules, and all such assignments registered in each year shall be numbered consecutively according to the respective dates of the registration. (G.N.A. 124 of 1955; L.N. 77 of 1998; 23 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) The Registrar shall also keep an index of the names of the assignors under such assignments. Such index shall be arranged in divisions corresponding with the letters of the alphabet, so that all assignors whose surnames begin with the same letter, and no others, shall be comprised in one division but the arrangement within each such division need not be alphabetical.
(3) The fees mentioned in the Bankruptcy (Fees and Percentages) Order (Cap. 6 sub. leg. C) and such other fees as may be prescribed shall be paid to the Registrar. (L.N. 143 of 1985)

128. Application for income payments order
(1) Where the trustee applies for an income payments order under section 43E of the Ordinance, the court shall fix the date, time and place for the hearing of the application.
(2) Notice of the application, and of the date, time and place, shall be sent by the trustee to the bankrupt at least 28 days before the day fixed for the hearing, together with a copy of the trustee’s application and a short statement of the grounds on which it is made.
(3) The notice shall inform the bankrupt that—
(a) unless at least 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing he sends to the court and to the trustee written consent to an order being made in the terms of the application, he is required to attend the hearing; and
(b) if he attends, he will be given an opportunity to show cause why the order should not be made, or an order should be made otherwise than as applied for by the trustee.
(L.N. 77 of 1998)

### Bankruptcy Rules 《破產規則》

128A. Action to follow making of order
(1) Where the court makes an income payments order, a sealed copy of the order shall, forthwith after it is made, be sent by the trustee to the bankrupt.
(2) If the order is made under section 43E(3)(b) of the Ordinance, a sealed copy of the order shall also be sent by the trustee to the person to whom the order is directed.
(L.N. 77 of 1998)

128B. Variation of order
(1) If an income payments order is made under section 43E(3)(a) of the Ordinance, and the bankrupt does not comply with it, the trustee may apply to the court for the order to be varied, so as to take effect under section 43E(3)(b) of the Ordinance as an order to the payer of the relevant income.
(2) The trustee’s application under this rule shall be made inter partes.
(3) Sealed copies of any order made on the application shall, forthwith after it is made, be sent by the applicant to the bankrupt.
(4) In the case of an order varying or discharging an income payments order made under section 43E(3)(b) of the Ordinance, an additional sealed copy shall be sent to the trustee, for transmission forthwith to the payer of the relevant income.
(L.N. 77 of 1998)

128C. Order to payer of income: administration
(1) Where a person receives notice of an income payments order under section 43E(3)(b) of the Ordinance, with reference to income otherwise payable by him to the bankrupt, he shall make the arrangements requisite for immediate compliance with the order.
(2) When making any payment to the trustee, the person referred to in subrule (1) may deduct the appropriate fee towards the clerical and administrative costs of compliance with the income payments order, but he shall give to the bankrupt a written statement of any amount deducted by him under this subrule. (L.N. 150 of 2014)
(3) Where a person receives notice of an income payments order imposing on him a requirement under section 43E(3)(b) of the Ordinance, and either—
(a) he is then no longer liable to make to the bankrupt any payment of income; or
(b) having made payments in compliance with the order, he ceases to be so liable,
he shall forthwith give notice of that fact to the trustee.
(L.N. 77 of 1998)

### Bankruptcy Rules 《破產規則》

128D. Review of order
(1) Where an income payments order is in force, either the trustee or the bankrupt may apply to the court for the order to be varied or discharged.
(2) If the application is made by the trustee, rule 128 applies (with any necessary modification) as in the case of an application for an income payments order.
(3) If the application is made by the bankrupt, it shall be accompanied by a short statement of the grounds on which it is made.
(4) The court may, if it thinks that no sufficient cause is shown for the application, dismiss it; but it shall not do so unless the applicant has had an opportunity to attend the court for an ex parte hearing, of which he has been given at least 7 days’ notice.
(5) If the application is not dismissed, the court shall fix the date, time and place for it to be heard.
(6) At least 28 days before the date fixed for the hearing, the applicant shall send to the trustee or the bankrupt (whichever of them is not himself the applicant) notice of the date, time and place, accompanied by a copy of the application, and where the applicant is the bankrupt, the notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the statement of grounds under subrule (3). (L.N. 150 of 2014)
(7) The trustee may, if he thinks fit, appear and be heard on the application; and, whether or not he intends to appear, he may, not less than 7 days before the date fixed for the hearing, file a written report of any matters which he considers ought to be drawn to the court’s attention.
(8) If such a report is filed, a copy of it shall be sent by the trustee to the bankrupt.
(9) Sealed copies of any order made on the application shall, forthwith after the order is made, be sent by the applicant to the trustee or the bankrupt, if the trustee or the bankrupt is not the applicant, and the payer (if other than the bankrupt).
(L.N. 77 of 1998)

### Bankruptcy Rules 《破產規則》

129. Review of order
Where an order has been made for the payment by a bankrupt, or by his employer for the time being, of a portion of his income or salary (including any bonus or commission payable to him), the bankrupt may, upon his ceasing to receive a salary or income of the amount he received when the order was made, apply to the court to rescind the order or to reduce the amount ordered to be paid by him to the trustee. And in the case of any increase in the amount of such salary, or income (inclusive of any bonus or commission as aforesaid) the trustee may in like manner apply to the court to increase the amount ordered to be paid by the bankrupt to the trustee.
(L.N. 77 of 1998)