Hong Kong Regulations

COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) RULES - RULE 1

Application of rules

PRELIMINARY

(1) Subject to the limitation hereinafter mentioned these rules shall apply to
the proceedings in every winding up under the Ordinance of a company, which
shall commence on and after the date on which these rules come into operation
and to all proceedings under section 168A of the Ordinance, and they shall
also, so far as practicable, and subject to any general or special order of
the court, apply to all proceedings which shall be taken or instituted after
the said date, in the winding up of a company which commenced on or after 1
July 1933. Rules which from their nature and subject matter are, or which by
the head lines above the group in which they are contained or by their terms
are made applicable only to the proceedings in a winding up by the court, or
only to such proceedings and proceedings in a creditors voluntary winding up
shall not apply to the proceedings in a voluntary winding up, or as the case
may be in a members' voluntary winding up.

(2) Rules which from their nature and subject matter are, or which by the head
lines above the group in which they are contained or by their terms are made
applicable only to the proceedings in a winding-up, whether by the court or
voluntarily, shall not apply to proceedings under section 168A of the
Ordinance. (L.N. 178 of 1978; L.N. 201 of 1984) [cf. R. 1]*
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* The references to "R1", etc., are to the English Companies (Winding-up)
Rules 1929.