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Part VIII · Amalgamations

245. Effect of certificate of amalgamation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

On the date shown in a certificate of amalgamation—

(a)

the amalgamation becomes effective ;

(b)

if it has the same name as of one of the amalgamating companies, the amalgamated company shall have the name specified in the amalgamation proposal ;

(c)

the Registrar shall remove all particulars relating to the amalgamating companies, other than the amalgamated company, from the Register ;

(d)

the amalgamated company succeeds to all the property, rights, powers, and privileges of each of the amalgamating companies ;

(e)

the amalgamated company succeeds to all the liabilities and obligations of each of the amalgamating companies ;

(f)

proceedings pending by or against an amagamating company may be continued by or against the amalgamated company ;

(g)

a conviction, ruling, order, or judgment in favour of or against an amalgamating company, may be enforced by or against the amalgamated company ;

(h)

the stated capital of the amalgamated company shall be the sum certified by the auditor of the amalgamated company ; and

(i)

any provisions of the amalgamation proposal that provide for the conversion of shares or rights of shareholders in the amalgamating companies, shall have effect according to their tenor.

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

Part XXII

Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members

Part XXIII

Repeals and Amendments

Schedules