Companies. (Ch. 31. No. 1.

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 from the date of the
order for sale or by seizure as the case may be, 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 ‘‘ Marsha] ”’ includes
any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other
process.

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 of
the levy, notice is served on the Marshal 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 Marshal shall, on being so required,
deliver the goods and any money scized or received in part
satisfaction of the exccution 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 scll the goods, or a
sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that
charge.

(2) Where under an execution in respect of a judg-
ment for a sum exceeding nincty-six dollars the goods of a
company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid sale,
the Marshal shall deduct the costs of the execution from the
proceeds of the sale or the moncy 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 mecting having been called
at which there is to be proposed a resolution for the voluntary
winding up of the company and an order is made or a
resolution is passed, as the case may be, for the winding up
of the company, the Marshal shall pay the balance to the
liquidator, who shall be entitled to retain it as against the
*xecution creditor,

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

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Duties of
Marshal as
to goods
taken in
execution,