Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 375
375. (1) The company to be divided may apply to the court for
it to supervise the division.
(2) The court shall as a r esult have the power -
(a) to call a general meeting of the shareholders of the
company to be divided in order to decide upon the
division by extraordinary resolution;
(b) to ensure that the shareholders of each of the
companies involved in the division have received or
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can obtain at least the docum ents referred to in article
365 in time to examine them before the date of the
general meeting of their company called to decide
upon the division:
Provided that if, by virtue of article 362(6), the
general meeting of any of the recipient companies is
not to be held, the court shall ensure that the
shareholders of the recipient companies shall have at
least one month within which to exercise the rights
conferred on them by that article:
Provided further that the provisions of this
paragraph shall, with regard to division by the
formation of new companies, apply only to the
company being divided;
(c) to call any meeting of creditors of each of the
companies involved in the division in order to decide
upon the division;
(d) to ensure that the creditors of each of the companies
involved in the division hav e received or can obtain at
least the draft terms of division in time to examine
them before the date ref erred to in paragraph ( b); and
(e) to approve the draft terms of division.
(3) Where the court establishes that the conditions referred to
in sub-article (2)( b) and ( d) have been fulfilled and that no
prejudice would be caused to sha reholders or creditors, it may -
(a) relieve the Registrar from the obligation relating to the
publication of the statement referred to in article
401(1)(e) required pursuant to t he registration of the
draft terms of division in accordance with article
361(5);
(b) relieve the companies involved in the division from
applying the conditions referred to in article 362(6)( a)
and (b); and
(c) relieve the companies involved in the division from
applying the provisions of ar ticle 365, in so far as they
relate to the period and the manner prescribed for the
inspection of the documents referred to therein.
(4) The provisions of article 368(3) shall not apply to a
division under this Chapter where a majority in number
representing three-fourths in val ue of the creditors of the com pany
to be divided have agreed to forego such joint and several liab ility
as is referred to in article 368(3).
PART X - ASSOCIATION EN PARTICIPATION
Definition. 376. An association en participation i s a c o n t r a c t w h e r e b y a
person assigns to another person, for a valuable consideration
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contributed by the latter, a portion of the profits and losses of a
business or of one or more commercial transactions.
Consent of
associates required
for admission of
other associates.
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