CAP. 32]
[s. 61 cont.]
Liability of members in respect of reduced
shares.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 59.
Penalty on concealment of name of creditor.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 60.
Companies.
(6) The substitution of any such minute as aforesaid for part of the memorandum of the company shall be deemed to be an alteration of the memorandum within the meaning of section 27.
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62. (1) In the case of a reduction of share capital, a member of the company, past or present, shall not be liable in respect of any share to any call or contribution exceeding in amount the difference, if any, between the amount of the share as fixed by the minute and the amount paid, or the reduced amount, if any, which is to be deemed to have been paid, on the share, as the case may be: Provided that, if any creditor, entitled in respect of any debt or claim to object to the reduction of share capital, is, by reason of his ignorance of the proceedings for reduction, or of their nature and effect with respect to his claim, not entered on the list of creditors, and, after the reduction, the company is unable, within the meaning of the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to winding up by the court, to pay the amount of his debt or claim, then-
(a) every person who was a member of the company at the date of the registration of the order for reduction and minute, shall be liable to contribute for the payment of that debt or claim an amount not exceeding the amount which he would have been liable to contribute if the company had commenced to be wound up on the day before the said date; and
(b) if the company is wound up, the court, on the application of any such creditor and proof of his ignorance as aforesaid, may, if it thinks fit, settle accordingly a list of persons so liable to contribute, and make and enforce calls and orders on the contributories settled on the list, as if they were ordinary contributories in a winding up.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the contributories among themselves.
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63. If any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company—
(a) wilfully conceals the name of any creditor entitled
to object to the reduction; or
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CAP. 32]
[s. 61 cont.]
Liability of members in respect of reduced
shares.
19 & 20 G20. 5, c. 23, s. 59.
Penalty on concealment of name of creditor.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 60.
Companies.
(6) The substitution of any such minute as aforesaid for part of the memorandum of the company shall be deemed to be an alteration of the memorandum within the meaning of section 27.
[60
62. (1) In the case of a reduction of share capital, a member of the company, past or present, shall not be liable in respect of any share to any call or contribution exceeding in amount the difference, if any, between the amount of the share as fixed by the minute and the amount paid, or the reduced amount, if any, which is to be deemed to have been paid, on the share, as the case may be: Provided that, if any creditor, entitled in respect of any debt or claim to object to the reduction of share capital, is, by reason of his ignorance of the proceedings for reduction, or of their nature and effect with respect to his claim, not entered on the list of creditors, and, after the reduction, the company is unable, within the meaning of the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to winding up by the court, to pay the amount of his debt or claim, then-
(a) every person who was a member of the company at the date of the registration of the order for reduc- tion and minute, shall be liable to contribute for the payment of that debt or claim an amount not exceeding the amount which he would have been liable to contribute if the company had commenced to be wound up on the day before the said date; and
(b) if the company is wound up, the court, on the application of any such creditor and proof of his ignorance as aforesaid, may, if it thinks fit, settle accordingly a list of persons so liable to contribute, and make and enforce calls and orders on the contributories settled on the list, as if they were ordinary contributories in a winding up.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the contributories among themselves.
[61
63. If any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company—
(a) wilfully conceals the name of any creditor entitled
to object to the reduction; or
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