Prospective
4.54.—(1) The official receiver or the liquidator may at any time summon and conduct meetings of creditors or of contributories for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes in all matters relating to the liquidation; and in relation to any meeting summoned under the Act or the Rules, the person summoning it is referred to as “the convener”.
(2) When (in either case) a venue for the meeting has been fixed, notice of it shall be given by the convener—
(a)[[FORM 4.22]] in the case of a creditors' meeting, to every creditor who is known to him or is identified in the company's statement of affairs; and
(b)[[FORM 4.23]] in the case of a meeting of contributories, to every person appearing (by the company's books or otherwise) to be a contributory of the company.
(3) Notice of the meeting shall be given at least 21 days before the date fixed for it, and shall specify the purpose of the meeting.
(4) The notice shall specify a time and date, not more than 4 days before the date fixed for the meeting, by which, and the place at which, creditors must lodge proofs and proxies, in order to be entitled to vote at the meeting; and the same applies in respect of contributories and their proxies.
(NO CVL APPLICATION)
(5-CVL) The notice shall specify a time and date, not more than 4 days before that fixed for the meeting, by which, and the place at which, creditors (if not individuals attending in person) must lodge proxies, in order to be entitled to vote at the meeting.
(6) Additional notice of the meeting may be given by public advertisement if the convener thinks fit, and shall be so given if the court orders.
Commencement Information
I1Rule 4.54 in force at 29.12.1986, see rule 0.1