Pabt  IV.  a  bankrupt  who  has  obtained  an  order  of  discharge  in  respect
of  any  debt  from  which  he  is  released  by  the  order,  the  bank-
rupt may  plead  that  the  cause  of  action  occurred  before  his
discharge,  and  may  give  this  Act  and  the  special  matter  in
evidence." — An  order  of  discharge  under  the  Act,  if  pleaded,
is  conclusive  in  an  action  by  a  creditor  for  a  provable  debt ;
""  though  the  creditor  had  no  notice  of  the  bankruptcy  pro-
ceedings {b) ;  and  though  his  name  was  fraudulently  omitted
by  the  debtor  from  the  list  of  creditors  (c)  ;  the  only  remedy
in  such  cases  being  to  apply  to  the  Court  to  rescind  the  order.
If  the  order  of  discharge  is  not  pleaded  in  an  action  and
judgment  obtained  against  the  debtor,  it  cannot  afterwards
be  objected  to  an  action  or  execution  upon  the  judgment  (d).
