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Section 141 (1). It is understood that there is already 'an Official Receiver attached to the Court for Bank- ruptcy purposes" in Shanghai. if this is so, the only alteration of the section in its application to Shangha i Companies will be the substitution of some other authority for the Governor.

Section 144. In the provisions of the Ordinance relating to winding-up the Court is given control over the conduct of Liquidators, and the question accordingly arises whether the Ordinance in its application to Shanghai Companies should require that Liquidatora should be british subjects. Under the provisions of

and the section the Court can appoint whom it pleases, it is therefore suggested that this point could be

with dealt with as a matter of practice of the Court, out any alteration of the Ordinance in this respect.

Section 149 (1) & (4). Some other authority should be substituted for "Colonial Treasurer".

Section 169. It may be impossible to oxercise the power of examination given by this section when the

exwained is not a British subject, but it person to bo

is difficult to suggest any amendment which would be

offective.

pection 170. The same difficulty will arise under this section to some extent, but if the suggestion made us to directors being British subjects id adopted the section will be effective in the majority

of cases.

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