Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 203
203. Where a company makes a distribution of, or including, a
non-cash asset, and any part of the amount at which that asset is
stated in the accounts relevant fo r the purposes of the distrib ution
in accordance with articles 197 to 202 represents an unrealised
profit, that profit is to be treated as a real ised profit -
(a) for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the
distribution in accordance wi th this Chapter, whether
before or after the dist ribution takes place; and
(b) for the purpose of paragraph 14( c)(i) and paragraph
30(3) of the Third Schedule in relation to anything
done with a view to or in connection with the making
of that distribution.
Consequence of
unlawful
distribution.
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