Part XX Winding Up of Companies Registered Under this Act or the Former Companies Acts
Chapter VI Matters Arising Subsequent to Winding Up
654 Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia.
(1)
When a company is dissolved, all property and rights whatsoever vested in or held on trust for the company immediately before its dissolution (including leasehold property, but not including property held by the company on trust for any other person) are deemed to be bona vacantia and—
(a)
accordingly belong to the Crown, or to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall for the time being (as the case may be), and
(b)
vest and may be dealt with in the same manner as other bona vacantia accruing to the Crown, to the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duke of Cornwall.
(2)
Except as provided by the section next following, the above has effect subject and without prejudice to any order made by the court under section 651 or 653.