CAP. 32]
G.N. 1018/36.
Application of rules.
R. 1.
Interpretation of terms.
R. 2.
Companies.
COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) RULES.
(Cap. 32, section 281). (Ordinance No. 39 of 1932).
[1st January, 1937.]
(The references in the margin, "RI", etc., are to the English Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 1929).
Preliminary.
1. Subject to the limitation hereinafter mentioned these rules shall apply to the proceedings in every winding up under the Ordinance of a company, which shall commence on and after the date on which these rules come into operation, and they shall also, so far as practicable, and subject to any general or special order of the court, apply to all proceedings which shall be taken or instituted after the said date, in the winding up of a company which commenced on or after the 1st day of July, 1933. Rules which from their nature and subject matter are, or which by the head lines above the group in which they are contained or by their terms are made applicable only to the proceedings in a winding up by the court, or only to such proceedings and proceedings in a creditors voluntary winding up shall not apply to the proceedings in a voluntary winding up, or as the case may be in a members' voluntary winding up whether any such voluntary winding up is or is not being continued under the supervision of the court.
2. In these rules, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise requires---
"bailiff" means the bailiff of the court and includes an assistant bailiff;
"company" means a company which is being wound up, or against which proceedings to have it wound up have been commenced;
"court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and includes any judge thereof;
"creditor" includes a corporation, and a firm of creditors in partnership;
"gazetted" means published in the Gazette;
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CAP. 32]
G.N. 1018/36.
Application of rules.
R. 1.
Interpretation of terms.
R. 2.
Companies.
COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) RULES.
(Cap. 32, section 281). (Ordinance No. 39 of 1932).
[1st January, 1937.]
(The references in the margin, "RI", etc., are to the English Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 1929).
Preliminary.
1. Subject to the limitation hereinafter mentioned these rules shall apply to the proceedings in every winding up under the Ordinance of a company, which shall commence on and after the date on which these rules come into opera- tion, and they shall also, so far as practicable, and subject to any general or special order of the court, apply to all proceedings which shall be taken or instituted after the said date, in the winding up of a company which commenced on or after the 1st day of July, 1933. Rules which from their nature and subject matter are, or which by the head lines above the group in which they are contained or by their terms are made applicable only to the proceedings in a winding up by the court, or only to such proceedings and proceedings in a creditors voluntary winding up shall not apply to the proceedings in a voluntary winding up, or as the case may be in a members' voluntary winding up whether any such voluntary winding up is or is not being continued under the supervision of the court.
2. In these rules, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise requires---
"bailiff" means the bailiff of the court and includes an
assistant bailiff;
"company" means a company which is being wound up, or against which proceedings to have it wound up have been commenced;
"court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and
includes any judge thereof;
"creditor" includes a corporation, and a firm of creditors in
partnership;
"gazetted" means published in the Gazelle;
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