Official Receivers
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Official receivers, officers appointed by the Board of Trade under s. 66 of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1883, to act as interim receivers and managers of bankrupts' estates, pending the appointment of trustees in bankruptcy: see now Bankruptcy Act, 1914, ss. 70 et seq. The report of an official receiver is absolutely privileged, Bottomley v. Brougham, (1908) 1 KB 584; Burr v. Smith, (1909) 2 KB 306. As to the official receiver becoming provisional liquidator on the making of a winding-up
order, see Companies Act, 1929, s. 185, and LIQUIDATOR
order, see Companies Act, 1929, s. 185, and LIQUIDATOR
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