Joint Stock Companies Act 1856

Power of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain to make Rules.

XCV. In England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, with the Advice and Consent of the Master of the Rolls and any One of the Vice-Chancellors for The Time being, or with the Advice and Consent of any Two of the Vice-Chancellors, may, as often as Circumstances require, make such Rules concerning the Mode of proceeding to be had for winding-up a Company in the Court of Chancery as may from Time to Time seem necessary; but, until such Rules are made, the general Practice of the Court of Chancery, including the Practice hitherto in use in winding-up Companies, shall, so far as the same is applicable, and not inconsistent, with this Act, apply to all Proceedings for winding up a Company, and Official Liquidators shall be considered as occupying in all respects the Place of an Official Manager.