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them is required, an application for extension of time may be made by the Official Receiver ex parte on a report without any affidavit.
Notice to contributories.; Forms 22 and 23.

46. Notice of the first meeting of contributories shall be sent to every person who appears from the company's books or otherwise to be a contributory of the company.

General Meetings of Creditors and Contributories.

Meetings for ascertaining wishes of creditors and contributories.;Form 31. [s. 13 of Act of 1890.]

47. Subject to the provisions of the Companies (Winding Up) Act, 1890, and to the control of the Court, the Liquidator may from time to time, when he thinks expedient, summon, hold, and conduct meetings of the creditors or contributories for the purpose of ascertaining their wishes in all matters relating to the winding up.

Meetings subsequent to the first meetings.; Form 30.

48. Meetings subsequent to the first meetings of creditors and contributories shall be summoned by sending notices to them. The notice to each creditor shall be sent to the address given in his proof, or if he has not proved, to the address given in the statement of affairs of the company, or to such other address as may be known to the person summoning the meeting. The notice to each contributory shall be sent to the address mentioned in the company's books as the address of such contributory, or to such other address as may be known to the person summoning the meeting.

Notices of general meetings.; Form 26.

49. The notices of general meetings to be issued to creditors and contributories by the Official Receiver or Liquidator shall, where no special time is prescribed, be sent off not less than seven days before the day appointed for the meeting.

Proof of notice.;Forms 27 and 28.

50. A certificate by the Official Receiver or other officer of the Court, or by the clerk of any such person, or an affidavit by the Liquidator, or his solicitor or the clerk of either of such persons, that the notice of any meeting has been duly posted, shall be sufficient evidence of such notice having been duly sent to the person to whom the same was addressed.

Costs of calling meeting.

51. The costs of summoning a meeting of creditors at the instance of any person other than the Official Receiver or Liquidator shall be paid by the person at whose instance it is summoned, who shall before the meeting is summoned deposit with the Official Receiver or Liquidator (as the case may be) such sum as may be required by the Official Receiver or Liquidator as security for the payment of such costs. The said costs shall be repaid out of the assets of the company, if the creditors or contributories, as the case may be, shall by resolution so direct.

Chairman general meetings.; Form 25.

52. of Where a meeting is summoned by the Official Receiver he or someone nominated by him shall be chairman of the meeting. At every other meeting of creditors and contributories (other than meetings to which the schedule of the Companies (Winding
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