Any creditor of any person applying for the benefit of this article, either in person or by attorney, may examine and cross-examine such applicant on oath in the presence of the judge or the clerk of the court before whom he shall move for his discharge from imprisonment, touching the truth of his schedule and touching the nature and extent of his property, rights and credits liable to be assigned for the benefit of his creditors. And the refusal of any such applicant to answer, fully and directly, all or any proper questions put to him in the course of such examination shall prevent his discharge, if otherwise entitled thereto, until he shall have fully answered such questions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-856; 1952 Code Section 10-856; 1942 Code Section 865; 1932 Code Section 865; Civ. P. '22 Section 813; Civ. C. '12 Section 4190; Civ. C. '02 Section 3086; G. S. 2419; R. S. 2538; 1836 (6) 556.