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Section 468, The Companies Act, 2009
In forceThe Companies Act, 2009, Sierra Leone
(1) If, where a company is being wound up, it appearseither from any statement sent to the Commission under section 467,
or otherwise that a liquidator has in his hands or under his control
any money representing unclaimed or undistributed assets of the
company which have remained unclaimed or undistributed for 6
months after the date of their receipt, the liquidator shall forthwith
pay the money into the Companies Liquidation Account, and shall be
entitled to the prescribed certificate of receipt for the money so paid;
and that certificate shall be an effectual discharge to him.
(2) For the purpose of ascertaining and getting in any
money payable to the Commission in pursuance of this section, the
same powers may be exercised, and by the same authority, as are
exercisable under any enactment regarding bankruptcies for the
purpose of ascertaining and getting in the sums, funds and dividends
referred to in this section.
(3) Any person claiming to be entitled to any money paid
to the Commission in pursuance of this section may apply to the
Commission for payment, and the Commission 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.
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Books of
be evidence.
Information
as to pending
liquidations.
Unclaimed
assets to be
paid into
Liquidation
Account.
Cap 274.
(4) Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the
Commission in respect of any claim made in pursuance of this section
may appeal to the court.
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