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[r. 179 cont.]
Costs.
Conclusion of winding up.
R. 193.
Companies.
(2) No payments in respect of bills or charges of solicitors, managers, accountants, auctioneers, brokers, or other persons, other than payments for costs and expenses incurred and sanctioned under rule 43, and payments of bills which have been taxed and allowed under orders made for the taxation thereof, shall be allowed out of the assets of the company without proof that the same have been considered and allowed by the Registrar. The taxing officer shall satisfy himself before passing such bills or charges that the employment of the solicitor or other person in respect of the matters mentioned in the bills or charges has been duly sanctioned: Provided that the Official Receiver when acting as liquidator may without taxation pay and allow the costs and charges of any person other than a solicitor employed by him where such costs and charges are within the scale usually allowed by the court and do not exceed the sum of $50.
(3) Nothing contained in this rule shall apply to or affect costs which, in the course of legal proceedings by or against a company which is being wound up by the court, are ordered by the court in which such proceedings are pending or a judge thereof to be paid by the company or the liquidator, or the rights of the person to whom such costs are payable.
Statements by Liquidator to the Registrar of Companies.
180. The winding up of a company shall, for the purposes of section 269 of the Ordinance, be deemed to be concluded-
(a) in the case of a company wound up by order of the court, at the date on which the order dissolving the company has been reported by the liquidator to the Registrar of Companies or at the date of the order of the court releasing the liquidator pursuant to section 190 of the Ordinance;
(b) in the case of a company wound up voluntarily, or under the supervision of the court, at the date of the dissolution of the company, unless at such date any funds or assets of the company remain unclaimed or undistributed in the hands or under the control of the liquidator, or any person who has acted as liquidator, in which case the winding
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CAP. 32]
[r. 179 cont.]
Costs.
Conclusion of winding up.
R. 193.
Companies.
(2) No payments in respect of bills or charges of solicitors, managers, accountants, auctioneers, brokers, or other persons, other than payments for costs and expenses incurred and sanctioned under rule 43, and payments of bills which have been taxed and allowed under orders made for the taxation thereof, shall be allowed out of the assets of the company without proof that the same have been considered and allowed by the Registrar. The taxing officer shall satisfy himself before passing such bills or charges that the employment of the solicitor or other person in respect of the matters mentioned in the bills or charges has been duly sanctioned: Provided that the Official Re- ceiver when acting as liquidator may without taxation pay and allow the costs and charges of any person other than a solicitor employed by him where such costs and charges are within the scale usually allowed by the court and do not exceed the sum of $50.
(3) Nothing contained in this rule shall apply to or affect costs which, in the course of legal proceedings by or against a company which is being wound up by the court, are ordered by the court in which such proceedings are pending or a judge thereof to be paid by the company or the liquidator, or the rights of the person to whom such costs are payable.
Statements by Liquidator to the Registrar of Companies.
180. The winding up of a company shall, for the pur- poses of section 269 of the Ordinance, be deemed to be con- cluded-
(a) in the case of a company wound up by order of the
court, at the date on which the order dissolving the company has been reported by the liquidator to the Registrar of Companies or at the date of the order of the court releasing the liquidator pursuant to section 190 of the Ordinance; (b) in the case of a company wound up voluntarily, or under the supervision of the court, at the date. of the dissolution of the company, unless at such date any funds or assets of the company remain unclaimed or undistributed in the hands or under the control of the liquidator, or any person who has acted as liquidator, in which case the winding
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