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Bankruptcy—Oonstitutional law (Cth.}—Powers of Federal Parliament—Powers H.C. or A.

conferred upon registrar—Deputy registrar—Direction by Attorney-General— Debtor's petition—Sequestration order—Power of registrar or deputy registrar to make—Judicial power of Commonwealth—Order—Statutory provisions— Validity—Offences—* Bankrupt" —The Constitution (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12), ss. 71, 72, 76, 77 (iii)—Bankruptcy Act 1924-1950, ss. 4, 12 (2) (5) (6), 18, 20 (3), 24 (1) (a), 52 (i), 54, 57, 119, 209 (g), 214 (1), 217 (1).

Section 24 (1) (a) of the Bankruptcy Act 1924-1950, considered with the

definition of "the Court" in s. 4 and with ss. 54 and 57, amounts to an

attempt to confer upon a registrar the power of making a judicial order operating as an order of the Bankruptcy Court and is void as purporting to authorize a person not constituting a court under ss. 71 and 72 of the Consti-