(1) The High Court, with the like sanction, may from time to time direct that, in any matters in respect of which jurisdiction is given to the Court by this Act, the Official Receiver shall, subject to the directions of the Court, have all or any of the following powers, namely:- 9* * * *
(b) to frame schedules and to admit or reject proofs of creditors;
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(e) to make interim orders in any case of urgency; and
(f) to hear and determine any unopposed or ex-parte application.
(2) Subject to the appeal to the Court provided for by section 68, any order made or act done by the Official Receiver in the exercise of the said powers shall be deemed the order or act of the Court.
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for the original sub-section.
2. Ins. by Act 28 of 1978, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-9-1979).
3. Cl. (a) re-lettered as cl. (aa) thereof by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-1979).
4. In the application of the Act to Bombay, a new cl. (aa) has been ins. here by the Presidency-towns Insolvency and the Provincial Insolvency (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1939 (Bom. 15 of 1939), s. 3.
5. The word “and” rep. by Act 39 of 1926, s. 6.
6. Ins. by s. 6, ibid.
7. The words “in the Gazette of India or” rep. by the A.O. 1937.
8. The words “as the case may be,” rep. ibid.
9. Clause (a), (c) and (d) rep. by Act 39 of 1926, s.7.
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