superintendent of bankruptcy

superintendent of bankruptcy
superintendent of bankruptcy
The person appointed by the Federal Government to supervise the administration of insolvency estates in Canada (Ontario Bankruptcy Dictionary)

A federally appointed official who oversees the administration of the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act in Canada. The Superintendent is responsible for: supervising the administration of estates in bankruptcy, commercial reorganizations, consumer proposals and receiverships; maintaining a publicly accessible record of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings; recording and investigating complaints regarding possible wrong doing by someone involved in the insolvency process; licensing of private sector trustees to administer estates and appointing administrators of consumer proposals; setting and enforcing professional standards for the administration of estates.
The Superintendent's Web site address is: http://osb-bsf.ic.gc.ca (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms)

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