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Railway Companies Act 1867

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32Abandonment where Three Fifths of Capital not subscribed.

Where it is shown to the Satisfaction of the Board of Trade, with respect to a Company authorized to make a Railway by Act of Parliament passed before the present Session, that no Part, or a Part less than Three Fifths, of the Share Capital of the Company, has been subscribed, the Board of Trade may, if they think fit, proceed under the said Act of 1850, as extended by this Act, oh the Application of any Person named in the Special Act incorporating the Company as a Member or Director thereof, or of any Person named in the Warrant or Order directing Payment of any Deposit under any Standing Order of either House of Parliament, or of any Person who has lent the Amount of such Deposit, or any Part thereof, or has entered into any Bond conditioned for the Completion of the Railway, or for Payment of any Money in default thereof, and without the preliminary Consent of a Meeting of Shareholders of the Company.

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