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Report of inspectors to be evidence..

Service of notices on company.

Rules as to notices by letter.

Authenti-cation of notices of company.

Recovery of penalties.

Application of penalties.

ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1865.

Companies, &c. (Part III. Management, &c..)

and to such persons as the company in general meeting directs; and the officers and agents of the company shall incur the same penalties, in case of any refusal to produce any book or document hereby required to be produced to such inspectors, or to answer any question, as they would have incurred if such inspector had been appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

61. (60.) A copy of the report of any inspectors appointed under this Ordinance, authenticated by the seal of the company into whose affairs they have made inspection, shall be admissible in any legal proceeding, as evidence of the opinion of the inspectors in relation to any matter contained in such report.

Notices.

62. (61.) Any summons, notice, order, or other document required to be served upon the company may be served by leaving the same, or sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the company, at their registered office.

63. (62.) Any document to be served by post on the company shall be posted in such time as to admit of its being delivered in the due course of delivery within the period (if any) prescribed for the service thereof; and in proving service of such document it shall be sufficient to prove that such document was properly directed, and that it was put as a prepaid letter into the Post Office in such due time as aforesaid.

64. (63.) Any summons, notice, order, or proceeding requiring authentication by the company, may be signed by any director, secretary, or other authorized officer of the company, and need not be under the common seal of the company, and the same may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print.

Legal Proceedings.

65. (64.) All offences under this Ordinance made punishable by any penalty shall be prosecuted summarily by and shall be sued for and recovered under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.

66. (65.) The Police Magistrate imposing any penalty under this Ordinance may direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards rewarding the person upon whose information or at whose suit such

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698 Report of inspectors to be evidence.. Service of notices on company. Rules as to notices by letter. Authenti-cation of notices of company. Recovery of penalties. Application of penalties. ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1865. Companies, &c. (Part III. Management, &c..) and to such persons as the company in general meeting directs; and the officers and agents of the company shall incur the same penalties, in case of any refusal to produce any book or document hereby required to be produced to such inspectors, or to answer any question, as they would have incurred if such inspector had been appointed by His Excellency the Governor. 61. (60.) A copy of the report of any inspectors appointed under this Ordinance, authenticated by the seal of the company into whose affairs they have made inspection, shall be admissible in any legal proceeding, as evidence of the opinion of the inspectors in relation to any matter contained in such report. Notices. 62. (61.) Any summons, notice, order, or other document required to be served upon the company may be served by leaving the same, or sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the company, at their registered office. 63. (62.) Any document to be served by post on the company shall be posted in such time as to admit of its being delivered in the due course of delivery within the period (if any) prescribed for the service thereof; and in proving service of such document it shall be sufficient to prove that such document was properly directed, and that it was put as a prepaid letter into the Post Office in such due time as aforesaid. 64. (63.) Any summons, notice, order, or proceeding requiring authentication by the company, may be signed by any director, secretary, or other authorized officer of the company, and need not be under the common seal of the company, and the same may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print. Legal Proceedings. 65. (64.) All offences under this Ordinance made punishable by any penalty shall be prosecuted summarily by and shall be sued for and recovered under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. 66. (65.) The Police Magistrate imposing any penalty under this Ordinance may direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards rewarding the person upon whose information or at whose suit such Page 20 Page 21
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698 Report of inspectors to be evidence.. Service of notices on company. Rules as to notices by letter. Authenti- cation of notices of company. Recovery of penalties. Application of penalties. ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1865. Companies, &c. (Part III. Management, &c..) and to such persons as the company in general meeting directs; and the officers and agents of the company shall incur the same penalties, in case of any refusal to produce any book or document hereby required to be produced to such inspectors, or to answer any question, as they would have incurred if such inspector had been appointed by His Excellency the Governor. 61. (60.) A copy of the report of any inspectors appointed under this Ordinance, authenticated by the seal of the company into whose affairs they have made inspection, shall be admissible in any legal proceeding, as evidence of the opinion of the inspectors in relation to any matter contained in such report. Notices. 62. (61.) Any summons, notice, order, or other document required to be served upon the company may be served by leaving the same, or sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the company, at their registered office. 68. (62.) Any document to be seryed by post on the company shall be posted in such time as to admit of its being delivered in the due course of delivery within the period (if any) prescribed for the service thereof; and in proving service of such document it shall be sufficient to prove that such document was properly directed, and that it was put as a prepaid letter into the Post Office in such due time as aforesaid. 64. (63.) Any summons, notice, order, or proceeding requiring authentication by the company, may be signed by any director, secretary, or other authorized officer of the company, and need not be under the common seal of the company, and the same may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print. Legal Proceedings. 65. (64.) All offences under this Ordinance made punishable by any penalty shall be prosecuted summarily by and shall be sued for and recovered under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. 66. (65.) The Police Magistrate imposing any penalty under this Ordinance may direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards the rewarding the person upon whose information or at whose suit such Page 20Page 21
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698

Report of inspectors to be evidence..

Service of notices on company.

Rules as to notices by letter.

Authenti- cation of notices of company.

Recovery of penalties.

Application of penalties.

ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1865.

Companies, &c. (Part III. Management, &c..)

and to such persons as the company in general meeting directs; and the officers and agents of the company shall incur the same penalties, in case

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any refusal to produce any book or document hereby required to be produced to such inspectors, or to answer any question, as they would have incurred if such inspector had been appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

61. (60.) A copy of the report of any inspectors appointed under this Ordinance, authenticated by the seal of the company into whose affairs they have made inspection, shall be admissible in any legal proceeding, as evidence of the opinion of the inspectors in relation to any matter contained in such report.

Notices.

62. (61.) Any summons, notice, order, or other document required to be served upon the company may be served by leaving the same, or sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to the company, at their registered office.

68. (62.) Any document to be seryed by post on the company shall be posted in such time as to admit of its being delivered in the due course of delivery within the period (if any) prescribed for the service thereof; and in proving service of such document it shall be sufficient to prove that such document was properly directed, and that it was put as a prepaid letter into the Post Office in such due time as aforesaid.

64. (63.) Any summons, notice, order, or proceeding requiring authentication by the company, may be signed by any director, secretary, or other authorized officer of the company, and need not be under the common seal of the company, and the same may be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print.

Legal Proceedings.

65. (64.) All offences under this Ordinance made punishable by any penalty shall be prosecuted summarily by and shall be sued for and recovered under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.

66. (65.) The Police Magistrate imposing any penalty under this Ordinance may direct the whole or any part thereof to be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards the rewarding the person upon whose information or at whose suit such

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