Companies. [Ch. 31. No. 1.

Supplementary powers of Court.

272. (1) The Court may, as to all matters relating to the
winding up of a company, have regard to the wishes of the
creditors or contributories of the company, as proved to
it by any sufficient evidence, and may, if it thinks fit, for
the purpose of ascertaining those wishes, direct meetings
of the creditors or contributories to be called, held, and
conducted in such manner as the Court directs, and may
appoint a person to act as chairman of any such meeting
and to report the result thereof to the Court.

(2) In the case of creditors, regard shall be had to
the value of each creditor’s debt.

(3) In the case of contributories, regard shall be
had to the number of votes conferred on each contributory
by this Ordinance or the articles.

273. (1) Any affidavit required to be sworn under the
provisions or for the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance
may be sworn in the Colony, or elsewhere within the
Commonwealth countries, before any Court, Judge, or
person lawfully authorised to take and reccive affidavits
or before any of His Majesty’s Consuls or Vice-Consuls in
any place outside the Commonwealth countries.

(2) All Courts, Judges, Justices, Commissioners,
and persons acting judicially shall take judicial notice of the
seal or stamp or signature, as the case may be, of any such
Court, Judge, person, Consul, or Vice-Consul attached,
appended, or subscribed to any such affidavit, or to any
other document to be used for the purposes of this Part
of this Ordinance.

Provisions as to dissolution.

274. (1) Where a company has been dissolved, the
Court may at any time within two years of the date of the
dissolution, on an application being made for the purpose
by the liquidator of the company or by any other person
who appears to the Court to be interested, make an order,
upon such terms as the Court thinks fit, declaring the
dissolution to have been void, and thereupon such pro-
ceedings may be taken as might have been taken if the
company had not been dissolved.

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Meetings to
ascertain
wishes of
creditors or
contribu -
tories.

Affidavita,
etc.

Power of
Court to
declare
dissolution
of company
void,