Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATE LAW REFORM ACT 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Meaning of "Corporations Law" and "Principal Act"  
   4.      Dictionary  
   5.       
   6.      Being or becoming subject to a section 229 prohibition, a section 230 or 599 order, a section 600 notice or a civil penalty disqualification  
   7.      Effect of such a prohibition, order, notice or disqualification  
   8.      Vacation of office of director  
   9.      Certain persons not to manage corporations  
   10.     Court may order person not to manage corporation  
   11.     Duty and liability of officer of corporation  
   12.     Register of disqualified company directors and other officers  
   13.     Public companies  
   14.     Contravention of Part  
   15.     References to civil penalty disqualification inserted in certain provisions  
   16.     Penalty notices  
   17.      
   18.     Schedule 3  
   19.     Recovery of expenses of investigation  
   20.     Debts provable in bankruptcy  
   21.     How to read references to provisions of this Law  
   22.     Dictionary  
   23.     Effect of certain contraventions of this Law  
   24.     Directors to disclose certain interests  
   25.      
   26.     Loans to directors  
   27.      
   28.     Schedule 3  
   29.     Dictionary  
   30.     Affairs of a body corporate  
   31.      
   32.      
   33.     Officers of bodies corporate and other entities  
   34.      
   35.     Interpretation  
   36.     Duty and liability of officer of corporation  
   37.     Substitution of Part heading  
   38.     Application of Part  
   39.      
   40.      
   41.      
   42.     Controller's duties in relation to bank accounts and accounting records  
   43.      
   44.     Supervision of controller  
   45.      
   46.     Court's power to fix receiver's remuneration  
   47.      
   48.     Notification of matters relating to controller  
   49.     Statement that receiver appointed or other controller acting  
   50.     Officers to report to controller about corporation's affairs  
   51.     Controller may require reports  
   52.     Controller may inspect books  
   53.     Lodging controller's accounts  
   54.     Enforcing controller's duty to make returns  
   55.      
   56.      
   57.      
   58.     Repeal of section 460  
   59.     General grounds on which company may be wound up by Court  
   60.     Standing to apply for winding up  
   61.     Repeal of section 463  
   62.      
   63.     Court's powers on hearing application  
   64.      
   65.     Avoidance of dispositions of property, attachments etc.  
   66.     Insertion of Division heading  
   67.     Effect on creditors and contributories  
   68.      
   69.     Court to appoint official liquidator  
   70.     General provisions about liquidators  
   71.     Custody and vesting of company's property  
   72.     References to liquidator in certain provisions to include references to provisional liquidator  
   73.     Powers of liquidator  
   74.     Application of property; list of contributories  
   75.     Orders for release or dissolution  
   76.     Delivery of property to liquidator  
   77.      
   78.     Delegation to liquidator of certain powers of Court  
   79.      
   80.     Repeal of section 492  
   81.     Duty of liquidator where company turns out to be insolvent  
   82.     Powers and duties of liquidator  
   83.     Arrangement: when binding on creditors  
   84.     Application of Part  
   85.      
   86.     Repeal of section 525  
   87.      
   88.     Books to be kept by liquidator  
   89.     Disqualification of liquidator  
   90.     When liquidator has qualified privilege  
   91.     Books of company  
   92.      
   93.     General rule - compute amount as at relevant date  
   94.      
   95.     Debts and claims proved to rank equally except as otherwise provided  
   96.     Priority payments  
   97.     Repeal of section 557  
   98.     Debts of a class to rank equally  
   99.     Advances for company to make priority payments in respect of employees  
   100.    Application of proceeds of contracts of insurance  
   101.     
   102.     
   103.     
   104.    Undue preference  
   105.    Effect of floating charge  
   106.    Liquidator's right to recover in respect of certain transactions  
   107.    Insertion of heading  
   108.    Disclaimer by liquidator; application to Court by party to contract  
   109.     
   110.     
   111.     
   112.    Interpretation and application  
   113.    Offences by officers of certain companies  
   114.    Incurring of certain debts; fraudulent conduct  
   115.    Inducement to be appointed liquidator etc. of company  
   116.     
   117.    Conduct of examination  
   118.     
   119.    Order against person concerned with corporation  
   120.     
   121.     
   122.    Schedule 3  
   123.    Consequential amendments of the Corporations Law  
   124.    Interpretation  
   125.    Schedule 2  
   126.    Dictionary  
   127.    Application not to be granted unless applications also made under corresponding laws  
   128.     
   129.    Interpretation  
   130.    Transfer of securities etc. and payment of money  
   131.    Novation of agreements  
   132.    Definitions  
   133.    Effect of using a transfer delivery service  
   134.    Claim by selling dealer in respect of default by buying dealer  
   135.    Claim by buying dealer in respect of default by selling dealer  
   136.    Effect of novation, under business rules, of agreement for purchase  
   137.    Claim by selling client in respect of default by selling dealer  
   138.    Claim by buying client in respect of default by buying dealer  
   139.     
   140.    Cash settlement of claims - transfers other than SCH-regulated transfers  
   141.    Effect of using a transfer delivery service  
   142.    Effect of novation, under business rules, of guaranteed securities loan  
   143.    Effect of using a transfer delivery service  
   144.    Claim in respect of failure to pay net amount in respect of transactions  
   145.    Claim in respect of failure to transfer net number of securities in respect of transactions  
   146.    How claim under subsection 954P(2) is to be satisfied  
   147.    How claim under subsection 954P(3) is to be satisfied  
   148.    Claims in respect of default by TDS nominee  
   149.    How claim under subsection 954X(2) is to be satisfied  
   150.    Nexus with this jurisdiction  
   151.    Interpretation  
   152.     
   153.    Claim by transferee or sub-transferee  
   154.    Discretion to pay amounts not received etc. because of failure to transfer securities  
   155.    Application of Fund in respect of certain claims  
   156.    Arbitration of amount of cash settlement of certain claims  
   157.    Subrogation of SEGC to claimant's rights etc.  
   158.    Nature of shares and other interests  
   159.    Numbering shares  
   160.    Instrument of transfer  
   161.    Duties of company with respect to issue of certificates  
   162.    Insertion of heading  
   163.    Interpretation  
   164.     
   165.     
   166.     
   167.    Operation of Division  
   168.    Occupation need not appear in transfer document, register etc.  
   169.     
   170.    Power of Court to make certain orders  
   171.     
   172.    Form and evidentiary value of books  
   173.    Schedule 3  
   174.    Dictionary  
   175.    Address of registered office etc.  
   176.    Return of allotment  
   177.     
   178.    Exemption of certain companies  
   179.     
   180.    Functions and powers  
   181.    Liability for damages  
   182.    Effect of this Part  
   183.    General penalty provisions  
   184.    Changes to section 597  
   185.     
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