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Liquidators, Appointment of official liquidators
By whom appointment of official, made
Where two or more liquidators appointed.
Competition for office

Who may be appointed

Resignation of liquidator.

Appointment of solicitor to official liquidator

Appointment in voluntary winding up

When appointment made.

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Power of Company to delegate authority to appoint liqui-

dators

Joint liquidators

Powers of

Power to fill up vacancy in liquidators

Power of Court to appoint liquidators in voluntary winding

up

Position of directors on appointment of liquidator

Appointment in winding up under supervision

Power of Court to remove liquidator

What justifies removal

Remuneration of liquidators

in winding up by or under supervision of Court

in voluntary winding up

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Remuneration of committee of advice .

Powers of liquidator

to carry on business

Sale of assets

No limit to what can be sold

Power of assignee to sue

Compromise claims

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may apply to Court to settle disputes in voluntary wind-

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Power of liquidator in voluntary winding up to call general
meeting

Personal liability of liquidator for expenses of action raised by

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Liquidators on conclusion of winding up to make up an account
Liquidators to report meeting to Registrar.

Costs of winding up

Recovery of calls. See Calls on Shareholders: see also Con-
tributories; Winding up of Companies.

Lost certificate of incorporation

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Definition of

Liability of. See Liability of Members.

Register of. See Register of Members.

Memoranda issued by Registrar of Joint Stock Companies .
Memorandum of Association is charter of Company

Seven persons must sign it

Attestation of signatures

may be wholly written, printed, lithographed, or engraved

Number of shares for which signatories must subscribe

Who may sign

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Married women

Minors

Foreigners.

Mandatories or agents

What constitutes valid signature

Liability to pay for shares subscribed for in Memorandum

What is to be specified in Memorandum

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Memorandum of Association, Registration of Memorandum
Statement of nominal capital to be registered along with
Memorandumi

Stamp duty on

Copy of Memorandum to be given to members
Forms of Memoranda scheduled to Act of 1862

Alteration of Memorandum. See Alteration of Memorandum.

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NAME of Company to be stated in Memorandum
Company cannot be registered unless with sanction of
Secretary for Scotland in case of Scotch Companies with
name implying Royal patronage

Nor with name identical with or resembling Company already
registered

Remedy of unregistered Company whose name is taken by
limited Company

Cases where interdict refused
Cases where interdict granted

New Company may take name of Company in course of liquida-

tion

Publication of name of Company

Penalty for non-publication

"Limited' must appear as last word in Company name,

except in Companies formed not for gain or unlimited

Effect of non-compliance with regulations

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OBJECTS of Company

Provisions of Act of 1862 with regard to

cannot be altered except to extent provided by Statute
Contract made by directors upon matter not included in
Memorandum is not binding on Company

Company may do whatever is fairly incidental to purposes for
which Company formed

Office, Registered

Company must have

Full postal address need not be given in Memorandum

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Office, Registered, Notice of situation of, to be sent to Registrar 14, 211
Stamp duty on notice

Officials of Company. See Directors, Managing Director,

Secretary, Auditors, Law Agent, Bankers.

Power of Court to assess damages against delinquent .

Ordinary resolutions of Company

PARTNERSHIP, Principles of law of .

Difference between, and Joint Stock Companies

Prohibition of partnerships exceeding certain number.

Past members, Liability of

placed on "B" List of Contributories.

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Preliminary expenses

of debts of Company

Penalties, Recovery of
Application of

Perjury, Penalty of.

Pledge of uncalled capital

Preference, Fraudulent

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Preference shares

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Accumulated, may be returned to shareholders in reduction of

Promissory notes, Signing of, on behalf of Company

Promoters, Who are

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Liability of

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Secret commissions received by, must be paid to Company

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Prospectus

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Object of

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Act of 1900 with regard to

Liability for statements in prospectus .

Remedy of persons who buy shares on representations in

prospectus which are untrue.

Rescission of contract

What shareholder must prove

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Action must be taken timeously

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Proxy. See Meetings of Company.

Purchaser entitled to accruing benefit from shares bought.

QUALIFICATION of director. See Director.

Quorum, Unless otherwise provided, directors cannot act by a
of members must be present at meetings of Company

RANKING of claims in liquidation

Rates and Taxes, Preferential claim for, in liquidations
Reconstruction of Companies

How accomplished

By special Act of Parliament

Reconstruction under sec. 161 of Act of 1862
Course to be adopted

Two special resolutions necessary

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What to be stated in circular calling meeting
Sale of assets

Sale in consideration of shares in new Company
Remedy of dissentient shareholder

Price to be paid dissentient shareholder

Position of creditors of transferring Company
Reconstruction under Act of 1870

How accomplished

Creditors of Company

Meeting of creditors

Creditors may vote by proxy

What majority required

Proxy forms

Proceedings reported to Court

Reconstruction without winding up

Rectification of register.

See Register of Members.

Reduction of capital

How capital may be reduced

of Company limited by guarantee

Register of directors to be kept and sent to Registrar

Penalty on Company not keeping register

Register of members

must be kept by every incorporated Company.
What is to be specified in register

as evidence

Penalty on Company not keeping proper register

only evidence by which member's right to vote

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