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Part 8 · Winding Up

155. Claims of creditors and distribution of property

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(1)

The Court may fix a date on or before which creditors are to prove their debts or claims, or after which those creditors are excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before those debts or claims are proved.

(2)

The Court must adjust the rights of the contributories among themselves and distribute any surplus among the persons entitled to the surplus.

(3)

The Court may, in the event the assets are insufficient to satisfy the liabilities, order the payment out of the assets of the costs, charges and expenses incurred in the winding up in such order of priority as the Court thinks fit.

Report

Part 9

Provisions Applicable in Judicial Management and Winding Up

Part 10

Winding Up of Unregistered Companies and Liquidation or Dissolution of Foreign Companies

Part 10A

Simplified Winding Up

Part 11

Cross-Border Insolvency

Part 12

General Provisions Applicable to Parts 4 to 11

Part 13

Bankruptcy — Preliminary

Part 14

Voluntary Arrangements

Part 15

Debt Repayment Scheme

Part 16

Proceedings in Bankruptcy

Part 17

Administration in Bankruptcy

Part 18

Annulment and Discharge

Part 19

Duties, Disqualification and Disabilities of Bankrupt

Part 20

Bankruptcy Offences

Part 21

Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Provisions

Part 22

Provisions Against Debt Avoidance and Limitation on Certain Contractual Rights

Part 23

Miscellaneous and General Provisions

Part 24

Consequential and Related Amendments to Other Acts

Part 25

Saving and Transitional Provisions

Schedules