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out of his assets in due course of law, any money due from 
the bankrupt in respect of his liability to contribute to the 
assets of the company; and 
there may be proved against the estate of the bankrupt the 
estimated value of his liability to future calls as well as ca’ 
already made. 
162.—(1) The husband of a female contributory married before Provision as to 
the date of the commencement of the Married Women’s Property married women. 
Act, 1882, or the Married Women’s Property (Scotland) Act, 1881, $48 Vict. 
as the case may be, shall, during the continuance of the marriage, 4+ 7 4s Vict. 
be liable, as respects any liability attaching to any shares acquired ©“ 
by her before that date, to contribute to the assets of the company 
the same sum as she would have been liable to contribute if she had 
not married, and he shall be a contributory accordingly. 
(2) Subject as aforesaid, nothing in this Act shall affect the 
provisions of the Married Women’s Property Act, 1882, or the 
Married Women’s Property (Scotland) Act, 1881. 
(ii) Winping Up By THE COUR: 
Jurisdiction. 
163.—(1) The High Court shall have jurisdiction to wind up any 
company registered in England. 
(2) In the case of a company whose registered office is situate 
within the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the County Palatine 
of Lancaster or the Chancery Court of the County Palatine of 
Durham, the palatine court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with 
the High Court to wind up the company. 
(3) Where the amount of the share capital of a company paid 
up or credited as paid up does not exceed ten thousand pounds, the 
county court of the district in which the registered office of the 
company is situate shall, subject to the provisions of this section, 
have concurrent jurisdiction with the High Court to wind up the 
company. 
Jurisdiction to 
wind up com- 
panies registered 
in England. 
{4) Where a company is formed for working mines within the 
stannaries and is not shown to be working mines beyond the limits 
of the stannaries or to be engaged in any other undertaking beyond 
those limits, or to have entered into a contract for such working or 
undertaking, the court exercising the stannaries jurisdiction shall, 
whatever may be the amount of the capital of the company and 
wherever the registered office of the company is situate, have con: 
current jurisdiction with the High Court to wind up the company. 
(5) The Lord Chancellor may by order exclude a county court 
from having jurisdiction under this Act, and for the purposes of that 
jurisdiction may attach its district, or any part thereof, to any other 
county court, and may revoke or vary any such order.