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Companies.
[s. 183 cont.] relates shall vest accordingly, and the liquidator may, after giving such indemnity, if any, as the court may direct, bring or defend in his official name any action or other legal proceeding which relates to that property or which it is necessary to bring or defend for the purpose of effectually winding up the company and recovering its property.
Powers of liquidator.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 191.
[184
184. (1) The liquidator in a winding up by the court shall have power with the sanction either of the court or of the committee of inspection-
(a) to bring or defend any action or other legal proceeding in the name and on behalf of the company;
(b) to carry on the business of the company, so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up thereof;
(c) to appoint a solicitor to assist him in the performance of his duties;
(d) to pay any classes of creditors in full;
(e) to make any compromise or arrangement with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors, or having or alleging themselves to have any claim, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages against the company, or whereby the company may be rendered liable;
(f) to compromise all calls and liabilities to calls, debts, and liabilities capable of resulting in debts, and all claims, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages, subsisting or supposed to subsist between the company and a contributory, or alleged contributory, or other debtor or person apprehending liability to the company, and all questions in any way relating to or affecting the assets or the winding up of the company, on such terms as may be agreed, and take any security for the discharge of any such call, debt, liability or claim, and give a complete discharge in respect thereof.
(2) The liquidator in a winding up by the court shall have power-
(a) to sell the real and personal property and things in action of the company by public auction or
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Companies.
[s. 183 cont.] relates shall vest accordingly, and the liquidator may, after giving such indemnity, if any, as the court may direct, bring or defend in his official name any action or other legal proceeding which relates to that property or which it is necessary, to bring or defend for the purpose of effectually winding up the company and recovering its property.
Powers of liquidator.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 191.
[184
184. (1) The liquidator in a winding up by the court shall have power with the sanction either of the court or of the committee of inspection-
(a) to bring or defend any action or other legal pro- ceeding in the name and on behalf of the com-
pany;
(b) to carry on the business of the company, so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up thereof;
(c) to appoint a solicitor to assist him in the perform-
ance of his duties;
(d) to pay any classes of creditors in fuli; (e) to make any compromise or arrangement with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors, or having or alleging themselves to have any claim, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages against the company, or whereby the company may be rendered liable; (f) to compromise all calls and liabilities to calls, debts, and liabilities capable of resulting in debts, and all claims, present or future, certain or con- tingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages, subsisting or supposed to subsist between the com- pany and a contributory, or alleged contributory, or other debtor or person apprehending liability to the company, and all questions in any way relating to or affecting the assets or the winding up of the company, on such terms as may be agreed, and take any security for the discharge of any such call, debt, liability or claim, and give a complete. discharge in respect thereof.
(2) The liquidator in a winding up by the court shall
have power-
(a) to sell the real and personal property and things in action of the company by public auction or
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