284 Restrictions on dispositions of property
Insolvency Act 1986 (1986 c 45) | Legislation

284  Restrictions on dispositions of property

(1)     Where a person is [made] bankrupt, any disposition of property made by that person in the period to which this section applies is void except to the extent that it is or was made with the consent of the court, or is or was subsequently ratified by the court.

(2)     Subsection (1) applies to a payment (whether in cash or otherwise) as it applies to a disposition of property and, accordingly, where any payment is void by virtue of that subsection, the person paid shall hold the

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