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purposes of the foregoing provision be substituted for the date of the commencement of the winding up; and

(b) a person who purchases in good faith under a sale by the bailiff any goods of a company on which an execution has been levied shall in all cases acquire a good title to them against the liquidator.

(2) For the purposes of this section, an execution against goods shall be taken to be completed by seizure and sale, and an attachment of a debt shall be deemed to be completed by receipt of the debt, and an execution against land shall be deemed to be completed by registration of the prohibitory order in the Land Office, and in the case of an equitable interest, by the appointment of a receiver.

(3) In this section the expression "goods" includes all chattels personal, and the expression "bailiff" includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process.

[255

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Duties of goods taken

bailiff as to

in execution.

255. (1) Where any goods of a company are taken in execution, and, before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount 19 & 20 Geo. 5,

of the levy, notice is served on the bailiff that a provisional liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed, the bailiff shall, on being so required, deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods, or a sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that charge.

(2) Where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding two hundred dollars the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale, the bailiff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid and retain the balance for fourteen days, and if within that time notice is served on him of a petition for the winding up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary winding

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Companies. purposes of the foregoing provision be substituted for the date of the commencement of the winding up; and (b) a person who purchases in good faith under a sale by the bailiff any goods of a company on which an execution has been levied shall in all cases acquire a good title to them against the liquidator. (2) For the purposes of this section, an execution against goods shall be taken to be completed by seizure and sale, and an attachment of a debt shall be deemed to be completed by receipt of the debt, and an execution against land shall be deemed to be completed by registration of the prohibitory order in the Land Office, and in the case of an equitable interest, by the appointment of a receiver. (3) In this section the expression "goods" includes all chattels personal, and the expression "bailiff" includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process. [255 [CAP. 32 Duties of goods taken bailiff as to in execution. 255. (1) Where any goods of a company are taken in execution, and, before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount 19 & 20 Geo. 5, of the levy, notice is served on the bailiff that a provisional liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed, the bailiff shall, on being so required, deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods, or a sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that charge. (2) Where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding two hundred dollars the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale, the bailiff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid and retain the balance for fourteen days, and if within that time notice is served on him of a petition for the winding up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary winding 163 -
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Companies. purposes of the foregoing provision be substituted for the date of the commencement of the winding up; and (b) a person who purchases in good faith under a sale by the bailiff any goods of a company on which an execution has been levied shall in all cases acquire a good title to them against the liquidator. (2) For the purposes of this section, an execution. against goods shall be taken to be completed by seizure and sale, and an attachment of a debt shall be deemed to be completed by receipt of the debt, and an execution against land shall be deemed to be completed by registration of the prohibitory order in the Land Office, and in the case of an equitable interest, by the appointment of a receiver. (3) In this section the expression "goods" includes all chattels personal, and the expression "bailiff" includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process. [255 [CAP. 32 Duties of goods taken bailiff as to in execution. 255. (1) Where any goods of a company are taken in execution, and, before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount 19 & 20 Geo. 5, of the levy, notice is served on the bailiff that a provisional c. 23, s. 269, liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed, the bailiff shall, on being so required, deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods, or a sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that charge. (2) Where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding two hundred dollars the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale, the bailiff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid and retain the balance for fourteen days, and if within that time notice is served on him of a petition for the winding up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary winding 163 -
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purposes of the foregoing provision be substituted for the date of the commencement of the winding up; and

(b) a person who purchases in good faith under a sale by the bailiff any goods of a company on which an execution has been levied shall in all cases acquire a good title to them against the liquidator.

(2) For the purposes of this section, an execution. against goods shall be taken to be completed by seizure and sale, and an attachment of a debt shall be deemed to be completed by receipt of the debt, and an execution against land shall be deemed to be completed by registration of the prohibitory order in the Land Office, and in the case of an equitable interest, by the appointment of a receiver.

(3) In this section the expression "goods" includes all chattels personal, and the expression "bailiff" includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process.

[255

[CAP. 32

Duties of goods taken

bailiff as to

in execution.

255. (1) Where any goods of a company are taken in execution, and, before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount 19 & 20 Geo. 5, of the levy, notice is served on the bailiff that a provisional c. 23, s. 269, liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed, the bailiff shall, on being so required, deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods, or a sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that charge.

(2) Where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding two hundred dollars the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale, the bailiff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid and retain the balance for fourteen days, and if within that time notice is served on him of a petition for the winding up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary winding

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