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Adjudication.

Adjudication on failure of composition or scheme. [192.]

15. Where a composition or scheme is not accepted by the creditors at the first meeting or at one adjournment thereof, the Court may, on the application of the Official Receiver, or of any person interested, adjudge the debtor bankrupt.

Adjudication on adjournment of public examination sine die. [192A]

16. Where the public examination of a debtor is adjourned eine die, and the debtor has not previously been adjudged bankrupt, the Court may forthwith, and without any notice to the debtor, adjudge him bankrupt.

Service of Proceedings.

Service where debtor abroad. [195.]

17. Where a debtor against whom a receiving order has been made is not in England, the Court may order service on the debtor of the receiving order, order of adjudication, order to attend the public examination or any adjournment thereof, or of any other order made against, or summons issued for the attendance of, the debtor, to be made within such time and in such manner and form as it shall think fit.

Composition or Scheme.

Forms where proposal submitted by debtor. [196.] 18. Where a debtor intends to submit a proposal for a composition or scheme, the forms of proposal, notice, and report, Nos. 80A, 81, 81A, 81B, and 82, in the Appendix, with such variations as circumstances may require, shall be used by the Official Receiver for the purpose of the meeting of creditors for consideration of the proposal.

Official Receiver for approval of Court. [197.] 19. Where the creditors have accepted a composition or Application by scheme, and the public examination of the debtor has been debtor or concluded, the Official Receiver or the debtor may forthwith apply to the Court to fix a day for the hearing of an application for the approval of such composition or scheme. The Official Receiver shall not by making such application be deemed necessarily to approve of the composition or scheme. Receiver.

Notice to Official Receiver. [198.] 20. Any person other than the Official Receiver who applies to the Court to approve of a composition or scheme shall, not less than ten days before the day appointed for hearing the application, send notice of the application to the Official

Notice to creditors.[199.] 21. Whenever an application is made to the Court to approve of a composition or scheme, the Official Receiver shall, not less than three days before the day appointed for hearing the application, send notice of the application to every creditor who has proved his debt.

22. In any case in which an application is made to the Court to approve of a composition or scheme, and the Official Receiver Opposed applications. [200.] reports to the Court any fact, matter, or circumstance which would justify the Court in refusing to approve of the com-