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New York Debtor and Creditor Law Section 64 - Petitioner's Affidavit.

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  § 64.  Petitioner's  affidavit.  An  affidavit,  in the following form,
  subscribed and taken by the petitioner before the county judge,  or,  in
  the city of New York, before the judge holding the term of the court, at
  which  the  order specified in the next section is made, must be annexed
  to the schedule:
    "I, __________ , do swear" (or "affirm, " as the case may  be),  "that
  the  matters  of fact stated in the schedule hereto annexed, are, in all
  respects, just and true;  that  I  have  not,  in  contemplation  of  my
  becoming  insolvent,  or within two years before presenting the petition
  herein, disposed of or made over any part of my property, not exempt  by
  express  provision  of law from levy and sale by virtue of an execution,
  for the future benefit of myself or my family, or disposed  of  or  made
  over  any  part of my property, in order to defraud any of my creditors;
  that I have not, in any instance, created or acknowledged a debt  for  a
  greater  sum  than  I honestly and truly owed; and that I have not paid,
  secured to be paid, or in any way compounded with, any of my  creditors,
  with  a  view  fraudulently  to obtain the prayer of my petition; that I
  have not done, suffered or been privy to any act, matter or thing which,
  if accomplished, would be ground for withholding my discharge under  the
  provisions of this act, or invalidate such discharge if granted."

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