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Part 8 · Winding Up

205. Transfer or assignment of company’s property to trustees

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2025.

(1)

Any transfer or assignment by a company of all its property to trustees for the benefit of all its creditors made before the commencement of the winding up is void.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to any transfer or assignment of a company’s property —

(a)

pursuant to the terms of a compromise or an arrangement proposed by the company under section 210 of the Companies Act 1967 or section 71 or 72M, that is approved by the creditors; or

(b)

by a judicial manager while the company is under judicial management.

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