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pay the said money to the Companies Liquidation Account and shall be entitled to the prescribed certificate of receipt for the money so paid, and that certificate shall be an effectual discharge to him in respect thereof.
(2) For the purpose of ascertaining and getting in any money payable into the Bank in pursuance of this section, the like powers may be exercised, and Ordinance by the like authority, as are exerciseable under No. 10 of scetion one hundred and thirty of the Bankrupty 1931. Ordinance, 1981, for the purpose of ascertaining and getting in the sums, funds, and dividends referred to in that section.
(3) Any person claiming to be entitled to any money paid into the Bank in pursuance of this section may apply to the official receiver for payment thereof, and the official receiver may, on a certificate by the liquidator that the person claiming is entitled, make an order for the payment to that person of the sum due.
(4) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the official receiver in respect of a claim made in pur- suance of this section may appeal to the Court.
272. Where after the commencement of this Resolutions Ordinance a resolution is passed at an adjourned passed at
adjourned meeting of any creditors or contributories of a com.
meetings of pany, the resolution shall, for all purposes, be treated creditors as having been passed on the date on which it was and contri- in fact passed, and shall not be deemed to have been hatories. passed on any earlier date.
Supplementary Powers of Court.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 287.
wishes of creditors or
273.-(1) The court may, as to all matters relating Meetings to the winding up of a company, have regard to the to ascertain wishes of the creditors or contributories of the com- pany, as proved to it by any sufficient evidence, and contribu- may, if it thinks fit, for the purpose of ascertaining tories. 'those wishes, direct meetings of the creditors or 19 & 20 Geo. contributories to be called, held, and conducted in 5, c. 23, such manner as the court directs, and may appoint a person to get as chairman of any such meeting and to report the result thereof to the court.
(2) In the case of creditors, regard shall be had to the value of each creditor's debt
(3) In the case of contributories, regard shall be had to the number of votes conferred on each con- tributory by this Ordinance or the articles.
s. 288.
signature
274. In all proceedings under this Part of this Judicial Ordinance, all courts, judges, and persons judicially notice of acting, and all officers, judicial or ministerial, of any of officers. court, or employed in enforcing the process of any 19 & 20 Geo. court, shall take judicial notice of the signature of 5, c. 23, any officer of the Supreme Court, and also of the . 289. official seal or stamp of the several offices of the Supreme Court, appended to or impressed on any document made, issued, or signed under the pro- visions of this Part of this Ordinance, or any official copy thereof.
275-(1) Any affidavit required to be sworn under Affidavits, the provisions or for the purposes of this Part of this &c. in Ordinance may be sworn in the Colony, or elsewhere Colony and
dominions. within the dominions of His Majesty, before
any 19 & 20 Geo. court, judge, or person lawfully authorised to take 5, c. 23, and receive affidavits (or, within the limits of the s. 293. China Orders in Council, before any officer of the Supreme Court for China lawfully authorised to take and receive affidavits) or before any of His Majesty's consuls or vice-consuls in any place outside His Majesty's dominions.