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Penalty for absconding with property.
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12. If any person who is adjudged a bankrupt, or has presented a petition for arrangement after such adjudication or presentation respectively, or within four months before such adjudication or presentation respectively, quits Ireland and takes with him, or attempts or makes preparation for quitting Ireland and for taking with him, any part of his property to the amount of twenty pounds or upwards, which ought by law to be divided amongst his creditors, he shall (unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud) be guilty of felony, punishable with imprisonment for a time not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
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