Commonwealth Repealed Acts Commonwealth Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
The Court, at any time before or after making a winding up order, on proof of probable cause for believing that a contributory is about to leave Australia or otherwise to abscond or to remove or conceal any of his or her property for the purpose of evading payment of calls or of avoiding examination respecting affairs of the company, may cause the contributory to be arrested and held in custody and the books and movable personal property of the contributory to be seized and safely kept until such time as the Court orders.