Re Burney (A Bankrupt) Ex P Official Assignee - [1955] NZLR 1071

Bankruptcy — Bankrupt's Earnings — Bankrupt's Earnings passing to Official Assignee, subject to Bankrupt's Right to reserve from Earnings Sufficient for Reasonable Maintenance of Himself and His Family — No Jurisdiction to direct Bankrupt to pay Fixed Sum out of Future Earnings to Assignee — Power to fix Reasonable Maintenance and to direct Payment of Any Undefined Surplus to Official Assignee — Bankruptcy Act, 1908, ss 61, 62.