Companies. [Ch. 31. No. 1.

103. The Official Receiver shall forthwith cause notice of the dates
fixed by him for the first meetings of creditors and contributories to be
inserted in the Royal Gazette.

104. The first meetings of creditors and contributories shall be
summoned as hereinafter provided.

105. The notices of first mectings of creditors and contributories may be
in forms 65 and 66 appended thereto, and the notices to creditors shall
state a time within which the creditors must lodge their proofs in order
to entitle them to vote at the first meeting.

106. The Official Receiver shall also give to each of the directors and
other officers of the company who in his opinion ought to attend the first
mectings of creditors and contributories seven days’ notice of the time
and place appointed for each meeting. The notice may either be delivered
personally or sent by prepaid post letter, as may be convenient. It
shall be the duty of every director or officer who receives notice of such
meeting to attend if so required by the Official Receiver, and if any
such director or officer fails to attend the Official Receiver shall report
such failure to the Court.

107. (1) The Official Receiver shall also, as soon as practicable, send to
each creditor mentioned in the company’s statement of affairs, and to each
person appearing from the company’s books or otherwise to be a
contributory of the company a summary of the company’s statement
of affairs, including the causes of its failure, and any observations thereon
which the Official Receiver may think fit to make. The proceedings at
a meeting shall not be invalidated by reason of any summary or notice
required by these rules not having been sent or received before the
meeting.

(2) Where prior to the winding up order the company has
commenced to be wound up voluntarily the Official Receiver may if in
his absolute discretion he sees fit so to do send to the persons aforesaid
or any of them an account of such voluntary winding up, showing how
such winding up has been conducted and how the property of the company
has been disposed of and any observations which the Official Receiver
may think fit to make on such account or on the voluntary winding up.

General meetings of creditors and contributortes in relation to winding up by
the Court and of creditors in relation to a credstor's voluntary winding up.

108. (1) In addition to the first meetings of creditors and contributories
and in addition also to mectings of creditors and contributories directed to
be held by the Court under section 272 of the Ordinance (hercinafter
referred to as Court meetings of creditors and contributores) the
Liquidator in any winding up by the Court may himself from time to
time subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and the control of the
Court summon, hold and conduct meetings of the creditors or con-
tributories (hereinafter referred to as Liquidator's meetings of creditors
and contributories) for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes in all
matters relating to the winding up.

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Notice of
first mect-
ings to be
gazcttcd.
Form 95 (2).
Summoning
of first
meetings.
Form of
notices of
first
meetings.
Forms 05
and 66,
Notice of
first: mecting
to officers of
company.
Form 67,

Sumrary of
statement of
affairs.

Liquidator's
meetings of
creditors and
contribu-
tories.