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Unclaimed
assets.

Resolutions
passed at
adjourned
meetings of
ereditors and
contribu-
tories,

Ch. 31. No. 1.] Companies.

(2) Any person stating himself in writing to be a
creditor or contributory of the company shall be entitled,
by himself or by his agent, at all reasonable times, on
payment of the prescribed fee, to inspect the statement,
and to receive a copy thereof or extract therefrom.

(3) If a liquidator fails to comply with this section,
he shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars
for each day during which the default continues, and any
person untruthfully stating himself as aforesaid to be a
creditor or contnbutory shall be guilty of a contempt of
Court, and shall, on the application of the liquidator or of
the Official Receiver, be punishable accordingly.

270. (1) If it appears either from any statement sent to
the Registrar under the last foregoing section or otherwise
that a liquidator has in his hands or under his control any
money representing unclaimed or undistributed assets of
the company which have remained unclaimed or undis-
tributed for six months after the date of their receipt, the
liquidator shall forthwith pay the said money into Court,
and shall be entitled to the prescribed certificate of receipt
ior the money so paid, and that certificate shall be an
cffectual discharge to him in respect thereof.

(2) For the purpose of ascertaining and getting in
any Money payable into Court in pursuance of this section,
the like powers may be exercised, and by the like authority,
as are exercisable under section 135 of the Bankruptcy
Ordinance for the purpose of ascertaining and getting in the
sums, funds, and dividends referred to in that section.

(3) Any person claiming to be entitled to any money
paid into Court in pursuance of this section may apply to
the Court for payment thereof, and the Court may, on a
certificate by the liquidator that the person claiming is
entitled, make an order for the payment to that person of
the sum due.

271. Where alter the commencement of this Ordinance

resolution is passed at an adjourned mecting of any
creditors or contributories of a company, the resolution shall,
for all purposes, be treated as having been passed on the
date on which it was in fact passed, and shall not be deemed
to have been passed on any earlier date.