Category: Nigeria


  • Section 616 CAMA 2020 Section 616 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Delegation to liquidator of certain powers of Court. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. (1) Provision may be made by rules for enabling or requiring all or any of the powers and duties conferred and…

  • Section 615 CAMA 2020 Section 615 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Powers of Court cumulative. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. A power by this Act conferred on the court shall be in addition to and not in restriction of existing powers of instituting proceedings against…

  • Section 614 CAMA 2020 Section 614 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power to arrest absconding contributory. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. The Court, at any time either before or after making a winding-up order, on proof of probable cause for believing that a contributory is…

  • Section 613 CAMA 2020 Section 613 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power to order public examination of promoters,etc. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. (1) Where an order is made for winding-up a company by the Court and the official receiver makes a further report under…

  • Section 612 CAMA 2020 Section 612 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company,etc. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. (1) The Court may, at any time after the appointment of a provisional liquidator or the making of a…

  • Section 611 CAMA 2020 Section 611 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power to order costs of winding-up to be paid out of assets. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. The Court may, in the event of the assets being insufficient to satisfy the liabilities, make an…

  • Section 610 CAMA 2020 Section 610 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Inspection of books by creditors and contributories. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. (1) The Court may, at any time after making a winding-up order,make such order for inspection of the books and papers of…

  • Section 609 CAMA 2020 Section 609 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Adjustments of rights of contributories. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. The Court shall adjust the right of the contributories among themselves and distribute any surplus among the persons entitled thereto.

  • Section 608 CAMA 2020 Section 608 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Power to exclude creditors not proving in time. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. The Court may fix a time or times within which creditors are to prove their debts or claims, or be excluded…

  • Section 607 CAMA 2020 Section 607 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Order on contributory to be conclusive evidence. It is under Chapter 21 (Winding-up by the court jurisdiction) of the Act. (1) An order made by the Court on a contributory shall, subject to any right of appeal, be conclusive evidence that money,…