Joint Stock Companies Act 1856

Definition of “the Court.”

LX. The Expression “the Court,” as used in the Third Part of this Act, shall mean the following Authorities; (that is to say,)

In the Case of a Company engaged in working any Mine within and subject to the Jurisdiction of the Stannaries,– the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries:

In the Case of a Limited Company registered in England that is not engaged in working any such Mine as aforesaid, the Court of Bankruptcy having Jurisdiction in the Place in which the registered Office of the Company is situate:

In the Case of a Limited Company registered in Ireland, whose registered nominal Capital does not exceed Five thousand Pounds,– the Commissioners of Bankrupt in Ireland;

In all Cases not herein-before provided for, the Court shall mean as respects Companies registered in England, the High Court of Chancery of England, as respects Companies registered in Scotland the Court of Session in either Division thereof, and as respects Companies registered in Ireland the Court of Chancery of Ireland.

And any Court to which Jurisdiction is given by the Third Part of this Act, not being the Court of Chancery or the Court of Session, shall, in addition to its ordinary Powers, have the same Power of enforcing any Orders made by it in pursuance of this Act, if in England, as the Court of Chancery has, if in Ireland, as the Court of Chancery in Ireland has, in relation to Matters within the Jurisdiction of such Courts respectively.