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SECRETARIAL PRACTICE

GENERAL MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORIES IN RELATION
ro WINDING UP BY THE COURT AND OF CREDITORS IN RELATION TO A
CREDITORS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING UP.

[liquidator’s
meetings of
creditors and
contributories.

Application of
rules as to
meetings.

Summoning of
meetings.
Form 75.

125.—(1) In addition to the first meetings of creditors and con
tributories and in addition also to meetings of creditors and con-
tributories directed to be held by the Court under section 288 of the
Act (hereinafter referred to as Court meetings of creditors and
contributories), the Liquidator in any winding-up by the Court
may himself from time to time subject to the provisions of the Act
and the control of the Court summon, hold and conduct meetings of
the creditors or contributories (hereinafter referred to as Liquidator’s
meetings of creditors and contributories) for the purpose of ascertain
ing their wishes in all matters relating to the winding-up.

(2) In any creditors’ voluntary winding up the Liquidator may
himself from time to time summon hold and conduct meetings
of creditors for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes in all matters
relating to the winding-up (such meetings and all meetings of
creditors which a Liquidator or a Company is by the Act required
to convene in or immediately before such a voluntary winding-up
and all meetings convened by a creditor in a voluntary winding-
up under these Rules are hereinafter called voluntary liquidation
meetings).
126. Except where and so far as the nature of the subject-mattes
or the context may otherwise require the Rules as to meetings here
inafter set out shall apply to first meetings, Court meetings, Liqui-
dator’s meetings of ecreditors and contributories, and voluntary
liquidation meetings, but so nevertheless that the said Rules shal.
take effect as to first meetings subject and without prejudice to any
express provisions of the Act and as to Court meetings subject and
without prejudice to anv express directions of the Court.

127.—(1) The Official Receiver or Liquidator shall summon all
meetings of creditors and contributories by giving not less than
seven days’ notice of the time and place thereof in the London
Gazette and in a local paper; and shall not less than seven days
before the day appointed for the meeting send by post to every
person appearing by the Company’s books to be a creditor of the
Company notice of the meeting of creditors, and to every person
appearing by the Company’s books or otherwise to be a contributory
of the Company notice of the meeting of contributories.

(2) The notice to each creditor shall be sent to the address given
in his proof, or if he has not proved to the address given in the
Statement of Affairs of the Company, if any, or to such other address
as may be known to the person summoning the meeting. The notice
to each contributory shall be sent to the address mentioned in the
Company's books as the address of such contributory, or to such
other address as may be known to the person summoning the
meeting.