s.158Registrar to publish fact of comp any being struck off register
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Section 158Part 6 — Removal of Defunct Companies

Registrar to publish fact of comp any being struck off register

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The Registrar shall immediately publish a Government Notice to the effect that the company in question has been struck off the register, the date on which it has been struck off and the reason therefor. Such notice shall be gazetted. 159. Company, member or creditor may apply to court for company to be reinstated 159 .
If a company or any member or creditor of a company feels aggrieved by the company having been struck off the register in accordance with this Act , th e company, member or creditor may apply to the Court to have the company restored to the register.
An application referred to in subsection (1) shall be made by the company or any member or creditor of the company —
within two years after the dat e on which the company was struck off the register; or
where the Cabinet allows, after the two - year period referred to in paragraph (a) but not more than ten years after the date on which the company was struck off the register.
Upon an applicati on under subsection (1), if the Court is satisfied that —
the company was, at the time of the striking off, carrying on business or in operation, or otherwise; and
it is just that the company be restored to the register, the Court may order that the name of the company be restored to the register on payment by the company of a reinstatement fee equivalent to two times the original incorporation or registration fee, and on terms and conditions as to the Court may seem just.
Where the Court ord ers that the name of the company is to be restored to the register under subsection (3) —
the company is deemed to have continued in existence as if its name had not been struck off the register; and
the Court, by the same or any subsequent order, may give directions and make provisions as seem just for placing the company and all other persons in the same position as nearly as may be as if the name of the company had not been struck off the register.

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