Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908

Jurisdiction to wind up companies in Ireland.

134. The court having jurisdiction to wind up companies registered in Ireland shall be the High Court :

Provided that where the High Court in Ireland makes an order for winding up a company it may, if it thinks fit, direct that all subsequent proceedings in the winding up be had in the court of bankruptcy having jurisdiction in the place in which the registered office of the company is situate; and thereupon those proceedings shall be taken in that court of bankruptcy accordingly, and that court shall, for the purposes of the winding up, have all the powers of the High Court in Ireland.