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Part 5 · Scheme of Arrangement

66. Restraint of disposition of property, etc., during moratorium period

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(1)

The Court may, on an application made by any creditor of a relevant company at any time during a moratorium period, make either or both of the following orders, each of which is in force for such part of the moratorium period as the Court thinks fit:

(a)

an order restraining the relevant company from disposing of the property of the relevant company other than in good faith and in the ordinary course of the business of the relevant company;

(b)

an order restraining the relevant company from transferring any share in, or altering the rights of any member of, the relevant company.

(2)

In this section —

“moratorium period”, in relation to a relevant company, means any of the following periods that is applicable to the company:

(a)

the automatic moratorium period mentioned in section 64(8);

(b)

the period during which an order under section 64(1) is in force, including any extension of that period under section 64(7);

(c)

the period during which an order under section 65(1) is in force, including any extension of that period under section 65(5);

“relevant company” means a company that has made an application under section 64(1), or in relation to which an order under section 65(1) is made.

Report

Part 5A

Simplified Restructuring of Debts

Part 6

Corporate Insolvency — Receivership

Part 7

Judicial Management

Part 8

Winding Up

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