ORDINANCE No. 30 OF 1886. 2055
Companies.
(b.) All wages of any labourer or workman in respect of services
rendered to the company during two months before the
commencement of the winding-up.
14. The debts mentioned in the preceding section shall rank equally Such claims
to rank
among themselves, and shall be paid in full, unless the assets of the equally.
[46 & 47 V. c.
company are insufficient to meet them, in which case they shall abate in 28, s. 5.]
equal proportions between themselves .
15. Subject to the retention of such sums as may be necessary for Liquidator to
discharge
the costs of administration or otherwise, the liquidator or liquidators or same upon
receipt of
official liquidator shall discharge the said last mentioned debts forthwith, sufficient
assets.
so far as the assets of the company are and will be sufficient to meet them, [46 & 47 V. e.
28, s. 6. ]
as and when such assets come into the hands of such liquidator or
liquidators or official liquidator.
PART VII.
Miscellaneous.
16. And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the reception Reception as
legalevidence
as legal evidence of certificates of incorporation other than the original of certified
copies.
certificates, and of certified copies of and extracts from any documents [40 & 41 V. c.
26, s. 6. )
filed and registered under The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 : Be
it enacted, that any certificate of the incorporation of any company given
by the registrar of companies shall be received in evidence as if it were
the original certificate ; and any copy of or extract from any of the docu
ments or part of the documents kept and registered at the office for the
registration of joint stock companies within the Colony, if duly certified
to be a true copy under the hand of the registrar of companies and whom
it shall not be necessary to prove to be such registrar, shall, in all legal
proceedings , civil or criminal, and in all cases whatsoever, be received in
evidence as of equal validity with the original document .
17. The rules contained in the schedule hereto shall be the rules Rules.
under and for the purposes of The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886,
provided that such rules may be altered , added to or annulled in manner
directed by the said Ordinances . L