Companies (Re-Constitution of Records) Act, 1924
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Companies to which this Act may be applied by the court. |
2.—(1) Whenever— | |
(a) in the case of a company to which this Act would have applied if it had not been dissolved before the passing of this Act, the court shall make an order under section 223 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 , declaring the dissolution of the company to have been void, or | ||
(b) in the case of a company to which this Act would have applied if it had not been struck off the register before the passing of this Act, the court shall make an order under section 242 of the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908 , that the name of the company be restored to the register, | ||
the court may in such order declare that this Act shall apply to the company with such modifications as to the times within which acts are to be done, or as to any other matter as the court shall think proper, and thereupon this Act as so modified shall apply to the company as from the date on which an office copy of such order is filed with the registrar. | ||
(2) It shall be the duty of the person on whose application an order is made under this section declaring that this Act shall apply to a company, to file with the registrar an office copy of the order within seven days after the order is made, and if that person shall fail so to do he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds for every day during which the default continues. |