Companies Act (Cap. 386)

Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 285

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285. (1) The Registrar shall, on receiving the account and the scheme of distribution, if any, together with the auditors’ report and, in respect of each such meeting as is referred to in article 284, the return or returns as mentioned in that article, forthwith register them, and on the expiration of three months from the publication of the notice referred to in article 401(1)(e), the Registrar shall strike the name of the company off the register: Provided that the court may, on an application filed within the said period of three months by the liquidator or by any other person who appears to the court to have an interest, make an order deferring the date at which the name of the company shall be struck off the register for such time and subject to such conditions as the court may provide. (2) When an order by the court is made under the proviso to sub-article (1), the Registrar of Courts shall forthwith forward a copy of it to the Registrar for registration and the Registrar shall defer applying the provisions of sub-article (1) in accordance with the order given by the court referred to in that sub-article. Chapter IV - Provisions applicable to every voluntary winding up Provisions applicable to every voluntary winding up.

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