Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
225. Mis-management
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Subject to the provisions of section 226, any shareholder or shareholders of a company, having a complaint—
that the affairs of the company are being conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the company; or
that a material change (not being a change brought about by or in the interest of any creditors, including debenture holders or any class of shareholders of the company) has taken place in the management or control of the company, whether by an alteration in its board of directors or of its agent or secretary or in the constitution or control of the firm or body corporate acting as its agent or secretary or in the ownership of the shares of the company or in any other manner whatsoever, and that by reason of such change it is likely that the affairs of the company may be conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the company, may make an application to court for an order under the provisions of this section.
Where, on any application made under the provisions of subsection (1), the court is of opinion that the affairs of the company are being conducted as referred to in subsection (1)
or that by reason of any material change that is referred to in that subsection in the management or control of the company, it is likely that the affairs of the company will be conducted as aforesaid, the court may with a view to remedying or preventing the matters complained of or apprehended, make such order as it thinks fit.
Pending the making by it of a final order, the court may on the application of a party to the proceedings make an interim order which it thinks is necessary, for regulating the conduct of the company’s affairs upon such terms and conditions as appear to it to be just and equitable. The provisions of section 521 shall apply to any interim order made hereunder.
Part VIII
Amalgamations
Part IX
Compromises with Creditors
Part X
Approval of Arrangements, Amalgamations, and Compromises by Court
Part XI
Provisions Relating to Offshore Companies
Part XII
Winding Up
Part XIII
Administrators Appointment of Administrator
Part XIV
Floating Charges
Part XV
Receivers and Managers
Part XVI
Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers
Part XVII
Application of Act to Existing Companies
Part XVIII
Overseas Companies
Part XIX
Advisory Commission
Part XX
Companies Disputes Board
Part XXI
Offences Miscellaneous Offences
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Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members
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