Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
R 385
Insolvency Act, 1936 (Act No. 24 of 1936)48. Proof of conditional claim |
A creditor whose claim against an insolvent estate is dependent upon a condition, may prove that claim in the manner set forth in section forty-four but subject to the following provisions:—
| (a) | If the condition is of such a nature that it will be fulfilled, if at all, within a year of the sequestration, the creditor may prove his claim, but he shall have no vote in respect of that claim at a meeting of creditors. If a dividend is awarded on such a claim it shall be paid by the trustee to the Master, who shall pay it to the creditor, if the condition has been fulfilled, and otherwise shall return it to the trustee for distribution among the other creditors. |
| (b) | If the condition is not such as is described in paragraph (a), the creditor may call upon the trustee at a meeting of creditors to place a value upon the claim and the trustee shall thereupon lay before the officer presiding at that meeting a written valuation of the claim with the reasons therefore, and the presiding officer shall admit that claim at such value as he may determine, or reject it: Provided that when the condition has been fulfilled, before the confirmation, by the Master, in terms of section one hundred and twelve, of a trustee's account in the liquidation of the estate, the creditor may prove his claim as if it had been unconditional. |
