PART XVIIProtection of Company's Members against Unfair Prejudice
461Provisions as to petitions and orders under this Part
1
If the court is satisfied that a petition under this Part is well founded, it may make such order as it thinks fit for giving relief in respect of the matters complained of.
2
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the court's order may—
a
regulate the conduct of the company's affairs in the future,
b
require the company to refrain from doing or continuing an act complained of by the petitioner or to do an act which the petitioner has complained it has omitted to do,
c
authorise civil proceedings to be brought in the name and on behalf of the company by such person or persons and on such terms as the court may direct,
d
provide for the purchase of the shares of any members of the company by other members or by the company itself and, in the case of a purchase by the company itself, the reduction of the company's capital accordingly.
3
If an order under this Part requires the company not to make any, or any specified, alteration in the memorandum or articles, the company does not then have power without leave of the court to make any such alteration in breach of that requirement.
4
Any alteration in the company's memorandum or articles made by virtue of an order under this Part is of the same effect as if duly made by resolution of the company, and the provisions of this Act apply to the memorandum or articles as so altered accordingly.
5
An office copy of an order under this Part altering, or giving leave to alter, a company's memorandum or articles shall, within 14 days from the making of the order or such longer period as the court may allow, be delivered by the company to the registrar of companies for registration ; and if a company makes default in complying with this subsection, the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
6
Section 663 (winding-up rules) applies in relation to a petition under this Part as in relation to a winding-up petition.