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COMPANIES. [ 30 of 1886.] 8,91

Duties of solicitor of official liquidator.
72. The solicitor of the official liquidator shall conduct all such proceedings Duties of
Solicitor
as are ordinarily conducted by solicitors of the Court; and where the attendance inbid.1973.)
of his solicitor is required on any proceeding in Court or Chambers, the official
liquidator need not attend in person, except in cases where bis presence is
necessary in addition to that of his solicitor, or the Julye shall direct him to
attend .
Petition to reduce capital.
of petition
73. Every petition for an order confirming a special resolution for reducing toTitlereduce capital.
the capital of a company, and all notices, affidavits, and other proceedings (General orders
under such petition, shall be intituled in the matter of The Companies Ordi- March, 1968, r.2.)
nances 1877 and 1886 and of the company in question .
74. No such petition, as mentioned in the preceding rule, shall be placed Certificate before
in the hearing list until after the expiration of eight clear days from the filing petition
in list.
placed

of such certificate as is hereinafter mentioned in the 85th rule. [ Ibid. r. 3.)

75. When any such petition as last aforesaid has been presented, application after
Proceedings
petition
may be made, ex parte by summons in Chambers, to the Judge for directions presented .
as to the proceedings to be taken for settling the list of creditors entitled to (ibid.r.4 )
object to the proposed reduction and the Judge may thereupon fix the date
with reference to which the list of such creditors is to be made ont, pursuant
to the 12th section of The Companies Ordinance 1877 and may, either at
the same time or afterwards, as he shall think fit, give such directions as are
hereinafter mentioned in the 76th and 77th rules.
76. Notice of the presentation of the petition shall be published at such Advertisement
of petition.
times, and in such newspapers as the Judge shall direct, so that the first Zvich.T. 5.)
insertion of such notice be made not less than one calendar month before the
day of the date fixed as hereinbefore mentioned in the 75th rule.
77. The company shall, within such time as the Judge shall direct, file toAmilaritas
creditors.
with the Registrar an affidavit made by some officer or officers of the company ibid.r.6.)
competent to make the same, verifying a list containing the names and
addresses of the creditors of the company at the date fixed as hereinbefore
mentioned in the 75th rule and the amounts due to them respectively.
78. The person making such affidavit shall state therein his belief that contents
affidavit.
of
such list is correct, and that there was not at the date so fixell as aforesaid amid toit;
any debt, or claim which , if that date were the commencement of the winding -up
of the company would be admissible in proof against the company, except
the debts set forth in such list, and shall state his means of knowledge of the
matters deposed to in such affidavit .
79. Copies of such list containing the names and addresses of the creditors, list
Inspection of
of creditors.
and the total amount due to them , but omitting the amounts due to them (Tid.r.5
respectively or (as the Judge shall think fit ) complete copies of such list , shall
be kept at the regi ed office of the company and at the offices of their
solicitors and agents (ifany ) in the Colony and any person desirous of inspecting
the same may at any time during the ordinary hours of business, inspect and
take extracts from the same on payment of the sum of fifty cents.
80. The company shall, within seven days after the filing of such aflidavit, creditors,
Notice to
or such further time as the Judge may allow, send to each creditor whose ( 7 bil. r. 9. )
name is entered in the said list, a notice stating the amount of the proposed
reduction of capital, and the amount of the debt for which such creditor is
entered in the said list and the time ( such time to be fixed by the Judge )
within which if he claims to be a creditor for a larger amount, he must send
in his name and adılress, and the particulars of his debt, or claim , and the
name and address of his solicitor (if any) to the solicitor of the company ; and
such notice may be delivered by hand or sent through the post in a prepaid
letter addressed to each creditor at his last known address or place of abode.