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CAP. 32]
Companies
[1984 Ed.
Report by
Official Receiver.
1929 c. 23, s. 182.
398/89
IN 3
(3) The statement shall be submitted within 28 days from the relevant date, or within such extended time as the Official Receiver or the court may for special reasons appoint.
(4) Any person making or concurring in making the statement and affidavit required by this section shall be allowed, and shall be paid by the Official Receiver or provisional liquidator, as the case may be, out of the assets of the company, such costs and expenses incurred in and about the preparation and making of the statement and affidavit as the Official Receiver may consider reasonable, subject to an appeal to the court.
(5) If any person, without reasonable excuse, makes default in complying with the requirements of this section, he shall be liable to a fine of $200 for every day during which the default continues. (Amended, 6 of 1984, s. 137)
(6) Any person stating himself in writing to be a creditor or contributory of the company shall be entitled by himself or by his agent at all reasonable times, on payment of the prescribed fee, to inspect the statement submitted in pursuance of this section, and to a copy thereof or extract therefrom.
(7) Any person untruthfully so stating himself to be a creditor or contributory shall be guilty of a contempt of court and shall, on the application of the liquidator or of the Official Receiver, be punishable accordingly.
(8) In this section, the expression "the relevant date" means in a case where a provisional liquidator is appointed, the date of his appointment, and, in a case where no such appointment is made, the date of the winding-up order.
(1) In a case where a winding-up order is made, the Official Receiver shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of the statement to be submitted under section 190, or, in a case where the court orders that no statement shall be submitted, as soon as practicable after the date of the order, submit a preliminary report to the court-
(a) as to the amount of capital issued, subscribed, and paid up,
and the estimated amount of assets and liabilities; and
(b) if the company has failed, as to the causes of the failure;
and
(c) whether in his opinion further inquiry is desirable as to any matter relating to the promotion, formation or failure of the company, or the conduct of the business thereof.
(2) The Official Receiver may also, if he thinks fit, make a further report, or further reports, stating the manner in which the company was formed and whether in his opinion any fraud has been committed by any person in its promotion or formation, or by any officer of the company in relation to the company since the formation thereof, and any other matters which in his opinion it is desirable to bring to the notice of the court.