ACT 125

COMPANIES ACT 1965 (REVISED - 1973)

PART X - WINDING UP

DIVISION 2 - WINDING UP BY THE COURT

Subdivision (2) - Liquidators

Section 240. As to orders for release or dissolution.

(1) Where an order is made that the company be dissolved, the company shall from the date of the order be dissolved accordingly. (2) The Court— (a) may cause a report on the accounts of a liquidator (not being the Official Receiver) to be prepared by the Official Receiver or by some approved company auditor appointed by the Court; (b) on the liquidator complying with all the requirements of the Court, shall take into consideration the report and any objection which is urged by the Official Receiver, auditor or any creditor or contributory or other person interested against the release of the liquidator; and (c) shall either grant or withhold the release accordingly. (3) Where the release of a liquidator is withheld, the Court may, on the application of any creditor or contributory or person interested, make such order as it thinks just charging the liquidator with the consequences of any act or default which he may have done or made contrary to his duty. (4) An order of the Court releasing the liquidator shall discharge him from all liability in respect of any act done or default made by him in the administration of the affairs of the company or otherwise in relation to his conduct as liquidator, but any such order may be revoked on proof that it was obtained by fraud or by suppression or concealment of any material fact. (5) Where the liquidator has not previously resigned or been removed his release shall operate as a removal from office. (6) Where the Court has made— (a) an order that the liquidator be released; or (b) an order that the liquidator be released and that the company be dissolved, an office copy of the order shall within fourteen days after the making thereof be lodged by the liquidator with the Registrar and with the Official Receiver, and a liquidator who makes default in complying with the requirements of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. Penalty: Two thousand ringgit. Default penalty.