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Part XII · Winding Up

365. Preferential claims

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

(1)

The liquidator shall pay out of the assets of the company the expenses, fees, and claims set out in the Ninth

Schedule to the extent and in the order of priority specified in that Schedule and that Schedule shall apply to the payment of those expenses, fees, and claims according to its tenor.

(2)

Without limiting paragraph 7(b) of the Ninth Schedule, the terms “assets” in subsection (1) shall not include assets subject to a charge, unless—

(a)

the charge is surrendered or taken to be surrendered or redeemed under section 358; or

(b)

the charge was when created, a floating charge in respect of those assets.

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