Justicial police of
signature of 3 Edw. 7.
officers.
69 s. 225
Affidavite. JL. s. 228.
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(5) For the purpose of ascertaining and getting in any money payable into the bank in puestaure of this sertion, the like powers may be exercised, and by the like authority, as are exerciseable under scetion eighty of the Bankruptcy Ordinace 1891, for the purpose of ascertaining and getting in the sums, funds, and dividends referred to in that sertion, (6) Auy person claiming to be entitled to any money paid into the bank in pursuance of this section may apply to the official receiver for paymour of the same, 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 sun due.
(7) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the official receiver in respect of any claim nunde in pursuance of this section may appeal to the court.
215. In all proceedings under this. Part of this Ordinum e, a 1 courts, judges, and persons judicially acting, and all officers, judicial or ministerial, of any court, or employed in enforcing the process of any court, shall take judicial notico of the signature of any officer of the yours and also of the official seal or stamp of the several offices of the court, appended to or impressed on any doernment made, issued, or signed under the provisions of this Part of this Ordin- ance, or may official copy therent.
216-41) Any affidavit required to be sworn under the provisions or for the purposes of this Part of this Ordiname- may be sworn in the Colony, or elsewhere within the dominf ions of His Majesty, hofiau any court, judge, or person lawo fully authorised to take and receive affidavits or before any de His Majesty's consuls or viet consuls in any place ontsile His Majesty's dominions,
(2) All courts, judges, justices, commissioners, and per- sous aming judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal or stamp ur signature as the case may be) of any such court, judge, person, valsti, or vice-consul attached, ap- pended, or subscribed to any such affidavit, or to any other Alvement to be used for the purposes of this Part of Liis Ordinance.
Companies
217-(1) An account, called the Companies Liquida- Liquidation tion Account, shall be kept by the official receiver at sech Account bank as the colonial tresorer may direct, and all mongys received by the official reveiver in respect of proevelings under this Ordinance in connection with the winding up of companies shall be paid to that account.
16. 8. 229.
Separate accounts of partienlar
estates. [b. s. 28).
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reinnner- tion.
th. s. 233.
(2) All payments out of money standing to the credit of the official receiver in the Companies Liquidation Account shall be made by the said bank in the prosecibed mamer.
218. -(1) Au account shall be kept by the official re- eciver of the receipts and payments in the winding up of cach company and, when the cash balunec standing to the erein of the account of any company is in excess of the amount which, in the opinion of the committee of inspec- tion, is required for the time being to answer demands in respect of that company's estate, the official receiver shall, on the request of the commuitive, invest the amount not so required in such securities as the court any direct, to be placed to the credit of the said account for the benefit of the company.
(2) When any part of the money so invested is, in the opinion of the committee of inspection, required to answer any demands in respect of the estate of the rouany, the oficial receiver shail, on the request of the committee, raise such sum as may be required by the sale of such part of the said securities as may be necessary,
(B) The dividends ou investments under this section shall be paid to the eredit of the company.
219-0) The Governor may appoint suele ndditional officers as may be required for the execution of this Part of this Ordinance and may remove any person so appointed.
(2) The Governor shnil direct whether any and what remuneration is to be allowed to any officer or person per- forming any duties under this Part of this Ordinance in relation to the winding up of companies, and may vary, increase, or diminish that remmeration as he thinks fit.
(3) The accounts of the official receiver under this
·Ordinance in relation to the winding up of companies shall
be audited in such manner as the Governor may direct, und the official receiver shall make such returus and give stel. information as the Governor may direct.
Bules and Fres.
220.--(1) The Chief Justice with the approval of the Rules and Legislative Council may make general rules for carrying fox for into effect the objects of this Ordinance so far as relates whiting up to the winding up of companies, and to local registers said ! local also rules of procedure for the purposes of this Ordin- registers and
procedure. ance including rules us to casts and fees.
s Edw. 7 e. 69 s. 237.
(2) There shall be paid in respect of proceedings under this Ordinance in relation to the winding up of companies such fees and by such person and in such manrer as the Chief Justice with the approval of the Legislative Council
may direct.
(3) The authority having power to make rules or give directious under this section may, by any such rules or directions, repeal, alter, or amend any rules and directions which are in foree at the commencement of this Ordinance.
221. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance with subject to respect to fees and costs and to any rules made thereunder this Ordin the same fees and percentages and solicitors' costs shall be ance fees payable as are provided for similar matters or proceedings aut costs to in the Original Jurisdiction of the court.
assimilate to fhose in Original Jurisdiction
of const.
Removal of Defunct Companies from Iegister. 222.-(1) Where the registrar of companies has reason- Registrar alle care to believe that a company is not carrying on may strike business or in operation, he shall send to the company by definet registered post a letter inquiring whether the company is company off carrying on business of in operation.
(2) If the registrar does not within one month of send- ng the letter receive any answer thereto, he shell within fourteen days after the expiration of the mouth send to the company by just a registered letter referring to the first letter, and stating that no answer thereto has been received. and that if an auswer is not received to the second letter within one month from the dare thereof, a notice will be published in the Gazette with a view to stribing the name of the company off the register.
(3) If the registrar either receives an answer from the company to the effect that it is not carrying on business or in operation, or does not within one month after sending the second letter receive any auswer, he may publish in the Gasitte, and send to the company by post, a notice that af the expiration of three months from the date of that notice the name of the company mentioned there will, unless cange is shown to the contrary, he struck off the register and the company will be dissolved.
(4) If, in any case where a company is being wound up,
the registrar has reasonabic canso to believe either that is liquidator is acting, or that the affairs of the company are fully wound up, and the retins required to be made by the liquidator have not been made for a period of six mouse- cutive months after notice by the registrar denunding the returns has been sent by post to the company, or to the liquidator at his last known plare of Imsiness, the registrar may publish in the Gazette and send to the company a like morire us is provided in the last preceding subsection,
register.
b. s. 242.
251.
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