Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part XII · Winding Up
335. Appointment of liquidator
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The creditors and the company at their respective meetings referred to in section 334, may nominate a person to be liquidator for the purpose of winding up the affairs and distributing the assets of the company and where the creditors and the company nominate different persons, the person nominated by the creditors shall be the liquidator, and where no person is nominated by the creditors, the person if any, nominated by the company shall be the liquidator :
Provided that, in the case of different persons being nominated, any director, shareholder or creditor of the company may, within seven days from the date on which the nomination was made by the creditors, make an application to court for an order, either directing that the person nominated as liquidator by the company shall be liquidator instead of or jointly with the person nominated by the creditors or appointing some other person to be liquidator instead of the person appointed by the creditors.
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Administrators Appointment of Administrator
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Floating Charges
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Receivers and Managers
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Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers
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Application of Act to Existing Companies
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Advisory Commission
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