PART XXWINDING UP OF COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER THIS ORDER OR THE FORMER COMPANIES ACTS

CHAPTER VIPROVISIONS AS TO DISSOLUTION

Power of court to declare dissolution of company void602 F2

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Where a company has been dissolved, the court mayF3. . . , on an application made for the purpose by the liquidator of the company or by any other person appearing to the court to be interested, make an order, on such terms as the court thinks fit, declaring the dissolution to have been void.

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Thereupon such proceedings may be taken as might have been taken if the company had not been dissolved.

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It is the duty of the person on whose application the order was made, within 7 days after its making (or such further time as the court may allow), to deliver to the registrar for registration an office copy of the order.

If the person fails to do so, he is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

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Subject to the following provisions, an application under this Article may not be made after the end of the period of two years from the date of the dissolution of the company.

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An application for the purpose of bringing proceedings against the company—

a

for damages in respect of personal injuries (including any sum claimed by virtue of section 14(2)(c) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 (funeral expenses)), or

b

for damages under the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977,

may be made at any time; but no order shall be made on such an application if it appears to the court that the proceedings would fail by virtue of any statutory provision as to the time within which proceedings must be brought.

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Nothing in paragraph (5) affects the power of the court on making an order under this Article to direct that the period between the dissolution of the company and the making of the order shall not count for the purposes of any such statutory provision.

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In paragraph (5)(a) “personal injuries” includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.