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Section 483, The Companies Act, 2009

In forceThe Companies Act, 2009, Sierra Leone

(1) Where notice has been given by the transfereecompany under subsection (2) of section 481 and the court has not, on an application made by the dissenting shareholder, ordered the contrary, subsections (2), (3) and (4) shall apply. (2) The transferee company shall, on expiration of one month from the date on which the notice has been given (or, if an application to the court by the dissenting shareholder is then pending, after that application has been disposed of) transmit a copy of the notice to the transferor company together with an instrument of transfer executed on behalf of the shareholder by any person appointed by the transferee company and on its own behalf by the transferee company. (3) An instrument of transfer is not required for any share for which a share warrant is for the time being outstanding. (4) The transferee company shall also pay or transfer to the transferor company the amount or other consideration representing the price payable by the transferee company for the shares which by virtue of subsection (4) of section 481 that company is entitled to acquire; and the transferor company shall thereupon register the transferee company as the holder of those shares. (5) Any sums received by the transferor company under this section shall be paid into a separate bank account, and such sums and any other consideration so received shall be held by that company on trust for the several persons entitled to the shares in respect of which those sums, or that other consideration, were respectively received. PART XVIII –COMPANIES INCORPORATED OUTSIDE SIERRA LEONE AND CARRYING ON BUSINESS WITHIN SIERRA LEONE

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