Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 241
241. (1) Upon his appointment the liquidator shall notify the
Registrar of any bank account wh ich the liquidato r shall use fo r the
purposes of receiving and maki ng payments on behalf of the
company. The liquidator shall not be entitled to receive and ma ke
payments until he has made such notification.
(2) If any such liquidator retains for more than ten days, other
than in a bank account mentioned in sub-article (1), a sum exce eding
five hundred euro (500) or such other amount as the Registrar i n any
particular case authorizes him t o retain, then, unless he expla ins the
retention to the satisfaction of the Registrar, the liquidator shall pay
interest on the amount so retained in excess, at the annual rat e of
two percentage points above the Central Bank of Malta minimum
discount rate and shall be liable to forfeiture of all or such part of
his remuneration as the court may think just, and to be removed
from his office by the court, and shall furthermore be liable t o pay
any expenses occasi oned by his default.
(3) A liquidator of a company which is being wound up by the
court shall not pay any sums received by him as liquidator into an
account or accounts other than an account or accounts which has
been notified to the Registrar.
(4) It shall not be lawful to i ssue precautionary or executive
warrants over any accounts opened by the liquidator in accordan ce
with this article.
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Audit of
liquidator’s
accounts.
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