Section 65
SEC. 65. No discharge shall be granted, or if granted shall be valid if the debtor shall have sworn falsely in his affidavit annexed to his petition, schedule, or inventory, or upon any examination in the course of the proceedings in insolvency, in relation to any material fact concerning his estate or his debts or to any other material fact; or (2) if he has concealed any part of his estate or effects, or any books or writing relating thereto; or (3) if he has been guilty of fraud or willful neglect in the care or custody of his property or in the delivery to the assignee of the property belonging to him at the time of the presentation of his petition and inventory, excepting such property as he is permitted to retain under the provisions of this Act; or (4) if, within one month before the commencement of such proceedings, he has procured his real estate, goods, moneys, or chattels, to be attached or seized on execution; or (5) if he has destroyed, mutilated, altered, or falsified any of his books, documents, papers, writings, or securities, or has made, or been privy to the making of, any false or fraudulent entry in any book of account or oilier document with intent to defraud his creditors; or (6) if he has given any fraudulent preference, contrary to the provisions of this Act, or has made any fraudulent payment, gift, transfer, conveyance, or assignment of any part of his property, or has admitted a false or fictitious debt against his estate; or (7) if, having knowledge that any person has proven such false or fictitious debt, lie has not disclosed the same to his assignee within one month after such knowledge; or (8) if, being a merchant or tradesman, he has not kept proper books of account in Arabic numerals and in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Commerce; or (9) if he, or any other person on his account, or in his behalf, has influenced the action of any creditor, at any stage of the proceedings, by any pecuniary consideration or obligation; or (10) if he has, in contemplation of becoming insolvent, made any pledge, payment, transfer, assignment, or conveyance of any part of his property, directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, for the purpose of preferring any creditor or person having a claim against him, or who is or may be under liability for him, or for the purpose of preventing the property from coming into the hands of the assignee, or of being distributed under this Act in satisfaction of his debts; or (11) if he has been convicted of any misdemeanor under this Act, or has been guilty of fraud contrary to the true intent of this Act: or (12) in case of voluntary insolvency, has received the benefit of this or any other Act of insolvency or bankruptcy within six years next preceding his application for discharge: or (13) if insolvency proceedings in which he could have applied for a discharge are pending by or against him in the Court of First Instance of any other province or city in the Philippine Islands. Before any discharge is granted, the debtor shall take and subscribe an oath to the effect that he has not done, suffered, or been privy to any act, matter, or thing specified in this Act as grounds for withholding such discharge or as invalidating such discharge, if granted.