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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1936.
Duties where no assets.
R. 209.
Accounting by Official Receiver.
K. 210.
Official Receiver
196. Where a Company against which a winding-up order has been made has no available assets, the Official Re- ceiver shall not be required to incur any expense in relation to the winding-up without the express directions of the Court.
197.-(1) Where a Liquidator is appointed by the Court in a winding-up by the Court, the Official Receiver shall account to the Liquidator.
(2) If the Liquidator is dissatisfied with the account or any part thereof he may report the matter to the Court, which shall take such action (if any) thereon as it may deem expedient.
(3) The provisions of these Rules as to Liquidators and their accounts shall not apply to the Official Receiver when he is Liquidator, but he shall account in such manner as the Court may from time to time direct.
198. Where there is no Committee of Inspection in a winding-up by the Court any functions of the Committee of Inspection which devolve on the Court may, subject to the of Inspection directions of the Court, be exercised by the Official Receiver.
to act as Committee
where no
Committee
of Inspection appointed.
R. 211.
Appeals from Official Receiver.
R. 212.
Applications under
ss 190 and
263 (3)
of the
Ordinance.
R. 213.
Books to be kept by Officers of the Court.
R. 214.
Forms 101 and 102.
199. An Appeal to the Court from an act or decision of the Official Receiver acting otherwise than as Liquidator of a Company, shall be brought within twenty-one days from the time when the decision or act appealed against is done, pro- nounced, or made.
200. (1) An application by the Official Receiver to the Court to examine on oath the Liquidator or any other person pursuant to section 190 of the Ordinance or to confer on the Official Receiver or on any person designated by him for the purpose with respect to the Company concerned the powers of investigating the affairs of the Company, mentioned in Sub- section (3) of section 263 of the Ordinance shall be made ex parte, and shall be supported by a report to the Court filed with the Registrar, stating the circumstances in which the application is made.
(2) The report shall be signed by the Official Receiver; and shall for the purposes of such application be primâ facie evidence of the statement therein contained.
Books to be Kept and Returns made by Officers of Court.
201. (1) The Registrar of the Court shall keep books according to the Forms in the Appendix, and the particulars given under the different heads in such books shall be entered forthwith after each proceeding has been concluded.
(2) The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Official Receiver, and the Officers of the Court whose duty it is to keep the books prescribed by these Rules shall furnish the Official Receiver with such information and returns as the Official Receiver may from time to time require.