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SECRETARIAL PRACTICE
(3) Any person claiming to be entitled to any money paid into
the Bank of England in pursuance of this section may apply to the
Board of Trade for payment thereof, and the Board may, on a
certificate by the liquidator that the person claiming is entitled,
make an order for the payment to that person of the sum due.

(4) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the Board of
Trade in respect of a claim made in pursuance of this section may
appeal to the High Court.

Unclaimed assets 286. When a company registered in Scotland has been wound

a Go be up, and is about to be dissolved, the liquidator shall lodge in a joint

panies Liquida- Stock bank of issue in Scotland (not being a bank in or of which the

ton Account. Jjquidator is acting partner, manager, agent or cashier) in the name
of the Accountant of Court the whole unclaimed dividends and
unapplied or undistributable balances, and the deposit receipts
therefore shall be transmitted to the Accountant of Court, and the
provisions of section one hundred and fifty-three of the Bankruptcy
(Scotland) Act, 1913, so far as consistent with this Act, shall, with
any necessary modifications, apply to sums lodged in a bank in
pursuance of this section in like manner as they apply to sums
deposited in pursuance of that enactment.

Resolutions 287. Where after the commencement of this Act a resolution is

De a nes passed at an adjourned meeting of any creditors or contributories of

of creditors and a company, the resolution shall, for all purposes, be treated as having

contributories. heen passed on the date on which it was in fact passed, and shall not
be deemed to have been passed on anv earlier date.

Supplementary Powers of Court.
Meetings to as- ~~. 288.—(1) The court may, as to all matters relating to the winding
en nishes of up of a company, have regard to the wishes of the creditors or
contributories. contributories of the company, as proved to it by any sufficient
evidence, and may, if it thinks fit, for the purpose of ascertaining those
wishes, direct meetings of the creditors or contributories to be called,
held, and conducted in such manner as the court directs, and may
appoint a person to act as chairman of any such meeting and to
report the result thereof to the court.
(2) In the case of creditors, regard shall be had to the value of
each creditor’s debt.
(3) In the case of contributories, regard shall be had to the
number of votes conferred on each contributory by this Act or the
articles.

Judicial notice
of signature
of officers.

289. In all proceedings under this Part of this Act, all courts,
judges, and persons judicially acting, and all officers, judicial or
ministerial, of any court, or employed in enforcing the process of any
court, shall take judicial notice of the signature of any officer of the
High Court or of a county court in England, or of the Court of
Session or of a sheriff court in Scotland. or of the High Court in