Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CORPORATIONS LAW- SECT 499

(1)

The company shall, and the creditors may, at their respective meetings nominate a person to be liquidator for the purpose of winding up the affairs and distributing the property of the company and, if the creditors and the company nominate different persons, the person nominated by the creditors shall be liquidator but, if no person is nominated by the creditors, the person nominated by the company shall be liquidator.

(2)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), where different persons are nominated, any director or member may, within 7 days after the date on which the nomination was made by the creditors, apply to the Court for an order directing that the person nominated as liquidator by the company shall be liquidator instead of or jointly with the person nominated by the creditors.

(3)

The committee of inspection, or, if there is no such committee, the creditors, may fix the remuneration to be paid to the liquidator.

(4)

On the appointment of a liquidator, the powers of the directors cease except so far as the committee of inspection, or, if there is no such committee, the creditors, approve the continuance of any of those powers.

(5)

If a liquidator, other than a liquidator appointed by or by the direction of the Court, dies, resigns or otherwise vacates his or her office, the creditors may fill the vacancy and, for the purpose of so doing, a meeting of the creditors may be convened by any 2 of their number.