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(2) It shall be the duty of the person on whose appli- cation the order was made, within seven days after the making of the order, to file with the registrar of companies an office copy of the order, and if that person fails so to do he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which the default continues.

tions,

213.-(1) Where a company is being wound up, if the Information winding up is not concluded within one year after its com- as to pend- meucement, the liquidator shall, at such intervals as may ing liquida- be prescribed, until the winding up is concluded, send to 8 Edw. 7 c. the registrar of companies a statement in the prescribed 69 s. 224. form and containing the prescribed particulars with respect to the proceedings in and position of the liquidation.

(2) 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, and to receive a copy thereof or extract therefrom; but any person untruth- fully so stating himself to be a creditor or contributory shall be guilty of a contempt of court, and shall be punish- able accordingly on the application of the liquidator or of the official receiver.

(3) If a liquidator fails to comply with the requirements of this section he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each day during which the default continues.

(4) If it appears from any such statement or otherwise that a liquidator has in his hands or under his control any money representing unclaimed or undistributed assets of the company which have remained unclaimed or undistributed for six months after the date of their receipt, the liquidator shall forthwith pay the same to the Companies Liquida- tion Account at the bank, and shall be entitled to the prescribed certificate of receipt for the money so paid, and that certificate shall be an effectual discharge to him in respect thereof.

(5) For the purpose of ascertaining and getting in any money payable into the bank in pursuance of this section, the like powers may be exercised, and by the like authority, as are exerciseable under section eighty of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, for the purpose of ascertaining and getting in the sums, funds, and dividends referred to in that section,

(6) Any person claiming to be entitled to any money pail into the bank in pursuance of this section may apply To the official receiver for payment 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 sum due.

(7) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the official receiver in respect of any claim made in pursuance of this section may appeal to the court.

officers. Ib. s. 225,

214. In all proceedings under this Part of this Ordinance, Judicial all courts, judges, and persons judicially acting, and all notice of officers, judicial or ministerial, of any court, or employed in signature of enforcing the process of any court, shall take judicial notice of the signature of any otheer of the court and also of the official seal or stamp of the several offices of the court, appended to or impressed on any document made, issued, or signed under the provisions of this Part of this Ordin- ance, or any official copy thereof.

Affidavits.

215.--(1) Any affidavit required to be sworn under the provisions or for the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance 7. s. 228. may be sworn in the Colony, or elsewhere within the domin- ions of His Majesty, before any court, judge, or person law. fully authorised to take and receive affidavits or before any of His Majesty's consuls or vicc-cousuls in any place outside His Majesty's dominions,

(2) All courts, judges, justices, commissioners, and per- sons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the seal or stamp or signature (as the case may be) of any such court, judge, person, consul, or vice-consul attached, ap- pended, or subscribed to any such affidavit, or to any other document to be used for the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance.