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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1866.
prior to Registration, who is liable, at Law or in Equity, to pay or contribute. to the Payment of any Debt or Liability of the Company contracted prior to Registration, or to pay or contribute to the Payment of any Sum for the Adjustment of the Rights of the Members amongst themselves in respect of any such Debt or Liability; or to pay or contribute to the Payment of the Costs, Charges and Expenses of winding up the Company, so far as relates to such Debts or Liabilities as aforesaid; and every such Contributory shall be liable to contribute to the Assets of the Company, in the course of the Winding up, all Sums due from him in respect of any such Liability as aforesaid; and in the event of the Death, Bankruptcy, or Insolvency of any such Contributory as last aforesaid, or Marriage of any such Contributory being a Female, the Provisions of "The Companies Ordinance 1865" with respect to the Representa- tives, Heirs, and Devisees of deceased Contributories, and with reference to the Assignees of bankrupt or insolvent Contributories and to the Husbands of married Contributories, shall apply: (6.) That nothing herein contained shall authorize any Company to alter any
Provisions contained in any Deed of Settlement, Contract of Copartnery, Letters Patent, or other Instrument constituting or regulating the Company, as would, if such Company had originally been formed under "The Companies Ordinance 1865" have been contained in the Memorandum of Association, and are not authorized to be altered by "The Companies Ordinance 1865." But nothing herein contained shall derogate from any Power of altering its Constitution or Regulations which may be vested in any Company registering in pursuance of this Ordinance by virtue of any Ordinance, Deed of Settlement, Contract of Copartnery, Letters Patent, or other Instrument constituting or regulating the Company.
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XIX. The Court may, at any Time after the Presentation of a Petition for Winding restrau further Pro- up a Company registered in pursuance of this Ordinance and before making an Order for winding up the Company, upon the Application by Motion of any Creditor of the Company, restrain further Proceedings in any Action, Suit, or legal Proceedings against any Contributory of the Company, as well as against the Company as hereinbefore provided, upon such Terms as the Court thinks fit.
Order for winding up Company.
XX. Where an Order has been made for winding up a Company registered in pursuance of this Ordinance in addition to the Provisions hereinbefore contained, it is hereby further provided that no Suit, Action, or other legal Proceeding shall be com- menced or proceeded with against any Contributory of the Company in respect of any Debt of the Company, except with the Leave of the Court and subject to such Terms as the Court may impose.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th Day of March, 1866.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
No. 32.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notifications Nos. 1 and 8 published in the Government Gazette of the 6th January last, it is hereby notified that the Police and Lighting Rates for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1866, will be payable at the Colonial Treasury between the 1st and 30th proximo.
It is also notified that the Water Rate for the half year ending 30th June, 1866, will be payable by Occupants of Tenements during the same period.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1866.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 33.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1866.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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