CCH Note:
Part 13 of the
Corporations Act 1989, inserted
by sec 6 of No 110 of 1990, Sch 1 (effective 1 January 1991), begins as
follows:
PART 13 - THE CORPORATIONS LAW
THE CORPORATIONS LAW
82
The Corporations Law is as follows:...
CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION
PART 5.6 - WINDING UP GENERALLY
Division 6 - Proof and ranking of claims
Subdivision A - Admission to proof of debts and claims
History
Heading inserted by No 210 of 1992, s 92 (effective 23 June
1993).
SECTION 553E
APPLICATION OF BANKRUPTCY ACT TO WINDING UP OF INSOLVENT COMPANY
553E
Subject to this Division and to section
279, in the winding up of an insolvent company the same rules are to prevail and be observed with regard to debts provable as are in force for the time being under the
Bankruptcy Act 1966 in relation to the estates of bankrupt persons (except the rules in sections 82 to 94 (inclusive) and 96 of that Act), and all persons who in any such case would be entitled to prove for and receive dividends out of the property of the company may come in under the winding up and make such claims against the company as they respectively are entitled to because of this section.
History
S 553E amended by No 115 of 1995, Sch 2 (effective 9 December 1995).
S 553E inserted by No 210 of 1992, s 92 (effective 23 June 1993).
[
CCH Note:
See s 1382-1383.]