Section 6: Powers of Official Receiver and duties of debtor on petition being filed.

(1) Immediately on the filing of any petition the Official Receiver may in cases where he has reason to believe that any offence under this Act or any fraud has been or is about to be perpetrated, by notice delivered to the debtor in person or by ordinary post, summon the debtor to attend before him to give such information as he requires, and may, either by himself or his agent authorised by him in writing, enter on any premises occupied by the debtor between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the purpose of inspecting his property, stock-in-trade and books of account.
(2) It shall be the duty of the debtor to furnish the Official Receiver with all such information as it is in the debtor's power to give or to obtain.
(3) If the debtor-
(a) fails without reasonable cause to attend to the Official Receiver as aforesaid or to furnish him with such information as aforesaid; or
(b) obstructs the search of the premises or the production of any book or document required in connection therewith; or
(c) authorises or permits any obstruction.
the debtor shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(4) Every person who takes any part in any obstruction mentioned in subsection (3)(b) and (c) of this section, whether authorised or permitted by the debtor or not, shall be liable to the like penalty.