Insolvency Act · s 82

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82.
Appointment of liquidation committee
(1) The creditors at the meeting to be held under section 79 or at any subsequent meeting may, if they think fit, appoint a liquidation committee of not more than five persons to exercise the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
(2) If a liquidation committee is appointed, the company may, either at the meeting at which the resolution for voluntary winding up is passed or at any time subsequently in general meeting, appoint such number of persons as they think fit to act as members of the committee, not exceeding five.

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(3) The creditors may, if they think fit, resolve that all or any of the persons so appointed by the company ought not to be members of the liquidation committee; and if the creditors so resolve —
(a) the persons mentioned in the resolution are not then, unless the Court otherwise directs, qualified to act as members of the committee; and
(b) on any application to the Court under this provision, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, appoint other persons to act as such members in place of the persons mentioned in the resolution.

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s 82Appointment of liquidation committee

(1)

The creditors at the meeting to be held under section 79 or at any subsequent meeting may, if they think fit, appoint a liquidation committee of not more than five persons to exercise the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.

(2)

If a liquidation committee is appointed, the company may, either at the meeting at which the resolution for voluntary winding up is passed or at any time subsequently in general meeting, appoint such number of persons as they think fit to act as members of the committee, not exceeding five.

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(3)

The creditors may, if they think fit, resolve that all or any of the persons so appointed by the company ought not to be members of the liquidation committee; and if the creditors so resolve —

(a)

the persons mentioned in the resolution are not then, unless the Court otherwise directs, qualified to act as members of the committee; and

(b)

on any application to the Court under this provision, the

Court may, if it thinks fit, appoint other persons to act as such members in place of the persons mentioned in the resolution.