226 Contributories in winding up of unregistered company.E+W+S
(1)In the event of an unregistered company being wound up, every person is deemed a contributory who is liable to pay or contribute to the payment of any debt or liability of the company, or to pay or contribute to the payment of any sum for the adjustment of the rights of members among themselves, or to pay or contribute to the payment of the expenses of winding up the company.
(2)Every contributory is liable to contribute to the company’s assets all sums due from him in respect of any such liability as is mentioned above.
(3)In the case of an unregistered company engaged in or formed for working mines within the stannaries, a past member is not liable to contribute to the assets if he has ceased to be a member for 2 years or more either before the mine ceased to be worked or before the date of the winding-up order.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 226(4) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009, (S.I. 2009/1941) arts. 2(1), 8, {Sch. 1 para. 76(5)} (with art. 10, Sch. 1 para. 84)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 225-229 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/2421, art. 8(1)(2)(9), Sch. 4 Pt. I
C2S. 226 excluded by S.I. 2001/1228, reg. 33C(2) (as inserted (21.12.2011) by The Open-Ended Investment Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3049), reg. 3(5) (with regs. 4, 10(1))