Attendance on Registrar
32.—(1)  After a winding up application has been filed, the applicant or his solicitor shall on a day to be appointed by the Registrar attend before the Registrar and satisfy him that —
(a)the winding up application has been duly published in the Gazette and advertised;
(b)the affidavit supporting the winding up application and the affidavit of service, if any, have been duly filed;
(c)the consent in writing of the approved liquidator nominated by the applicant has been obtained and filed;
(d)the provisions of these Rules as to winding up applications have been duly complied with; and
(e)the prescribed sum has been placed with the Official Receiver to cover the fees and expenses to be incurred by the approved liquidator or the Official Receiver (including any goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A) on the supply of services to which those fees or expenses relate).
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(2)  No order, except an order for the dismissal or adjournment of the winding up application, shall be made on the application of any person making the winding up application who has not, prior to the hearing of the winding up application, attended before the Registrar at the time appointed and satisfied him in the manner required by this rule.
(3)  For the purposes of this rule, the prescribed sum referred to in paragraph (1)(e) shall be an amount equal to the sum of —
(a)the preliminary administration fee specified in the second column of item (1) of the Schedule to the Fees (Winding up and Dissolution of Companies and Other Bodies) Order 2005 (G.N. No. S 58/2005); and
(b)the administration fee specified in the second column of item (2) of the Schedule to the Fees (Winding up and Dissolution of Companies and Other Bodies) Order 2005.
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(4)  The prescribed sum shall, after deducting such amount as may be required for the payment of the fees and expenses of the approved liquidator or the Official Receiver due to insufficiency of the assets of the company for such payment, be repaid to the applicant.
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