Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part XII · Winding Up
336. Appointment of committee of inspection
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The creditors at the meeting held in pursuance of the provisions of section 334 or at any subsequent meeting may, if they think fit, appoint a committee of inspection consisting of not more than five person, and where such a committee is appointed the company may either at the meeting at which the resolution for voluntary winding up is passed or at any time subsequently at a general meeting, appoint such number of persons not exceeding five as they think fit, to act as members of the committee :
Provided that the creditors may if they think fit, resolve that all or any of the persons so appointed by the company ought not to be members of the committee of inspection, and where the creditors so resolve the persons specified in the resolution shall not, unless the court otherwise directs, be qualified to act as members of the committee and on any application to the court under the provisions of this section the court may, if it thinks fit, appoint other persons to act as such members in place of the persons specified in the resolution.
Subject to the provisions of any rule made under this
Act, the provisions of section 300, other than the provisions of subsection (1) of that section, shall apply with respect to a committee of inspection appointed under the provisions of this section, as they apply with respect to a committee of inspection appointed in a winding up by the court.
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