COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 233 Payment of debts due by contributory to company and extent to which set-off allowed.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 233

Payment of debts due by contributory to company and extent to which set-off allowed.

233.(1) The court may, at any time after making a winding-up order, make an
order on any contributory for the time being on the list of contributories to
pay, in manner directed by the order, any money due from him or from the
estate of the person whom he represents to the company, exclusive of any money
payable by him or the estate by virtue of any call in pursuance of this Act.

(2) The court in making such an order may

(a)in the case of an unlimited company, allow to the contributory by way of
set-off any money due to him or to the estate which he represents from
the company on any independent dealing or contract with the company, but not
any money due to him as a member of the company in respect of any dividend or
profit; and

(b)in the case of a limited company, make to any director whose liability is
unlimited or to his estate the like allowance.

(3) In the case of any company, whether limited or unlimited, when all the
creditors are paid in full, any money due on any account whatever to a
contributory from the company may be allowed to him by way of set-off against
any subsequent call.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 233