Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part XII · Winding Up
396. Establishment of Companies Liquation Account
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Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
An Account to be called the Companies
Liquidation Account, shall be kept by the Registrar with such bank as may from time to time be approved by the
Minister in charge of the subject of Finance.
Whenever the balance standing to the credit of the
Companies Liquidation Account is in the opinion of the
Registrar, in excess of the amount required for the time being to meet claims under section 397, the Registrar shall notify the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury of the excess and shall pay to him, to such account as he may direct, the whole or any part of that excess which he may require. The Deputy
Secretary to the Treasury may invest the sums paid to him or any part of them in Government securities, to be held to the credit of the Companies Liquidation Account.
When any part of the money paid to the Deputy
Secretary to the Treasury under subsection (2) is in the opinion of the Registrar, required to meet any claim under section 397, the Registrar shall give notice of that requirement to the Deputy Secretaty to the Treasury who shall repay the amount required to the Registrar to the credit of the
Companies Liquidation Account, and may for that purpose sell any of the securities referred to in subsection (2).
The dividends on investments made under this section shall be paid into the Companies Liquidation Account.
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