Discharge and pre-rehabilitation under bankruptcy law and Islamic law: a boon or a bane?

• Main Authors: Azmi, Ruzita, Ahmad, Siti Nur Samawati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2019
• Subjects: KZ Law of Nations
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/26932/1/CLB%2045%202%202019%20189%20210.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/26932/; http://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1724812
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Repeated calls for a reform of the bankruptcy laws in Malaysia resulted in the renaming of the Bankruptcy Act 1967 (BA 1967) to the Insolvency Act 1967 (IA 1967), which came into force on 6th October 2017. Among the changes made by the IA 1967 are provisions relating to an automatic discharge of ban...