At any time when proceedings on a bankruptcy application are ongoing or proceedings on a bankruptcy petition are pending or an individual has been made bankrupt the court may stay any action, execution or other legal process against the property or person of the debtor or, as the case may be, of the bankrupt.
Any court in which proceedings are pending against any individual may, on proof that a bankruptcy application has been made or a bankruptcy petition has been presented in respect of that individual or that he is an undischarged bankrupt, either stay the proceedings or allow them to continue on such terms as it thinks fit.
After the making of a bankruptcy order no person who is a creditor of the bankrupt in respect of a debt provable in the bankruptcy shall—
This is subject to sections 346 (enforcement procedures) and 347 (limited right to distress).
Subject as follows, subsection (3) does not affect the right of a secured creditor of the bankrupt to enforce his security.
References in this section to the property or goods of the bankrupt are to any of his property or goods, whether or not comprised in his estate.