Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 306
306. (1) A liquidator shall be prohibited from transferring or
disposing of any assets of a comp any, directly or indirectly, i n
favour of -
(a) the liquidator himself, his partners or employees, or to
the spouse of the liquidator, or to any other person
related to him by consanguinity or affinity in the direct
line, or, up to the third degr ee, in the collateral line; or
(b) a commercial partnership, other than a company, of
which he is a partner; or
(c) a company of which he is a director, or of which he
holds more than half in nominal value of its issued
share capital, or in which he is entitled to more than
half its voting power, or to a subsidiary or parent
company thereof.
(2) A person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions
of sub-article (1) or of article 305 shall be guilty of an offe nce and
liable on conviction to a fine ( multa) of not more than eleven thousand
and six hundred and forty-six euro (€11,646).
Chapter V - Of fences antecedent to dissolution o r in course of
winding up
Fraud in
anticipation of
dissolution.
Amended by:
L.N. 425 of 2007;
XVIII.2025.35.
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