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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part B · Chapter 24

Section 691Power of Court to void dissolution of company

(1)
Where a company has been dissolved, the Court may, at any time within two years of the date of the dissolution, on an application being made for the purpose by the liquidator of the company or by any other person who appears to the Court to be interested, make an order, upon such terms as the Court may deem fit, declaring the dissolution to have been void, and thereupon such proceedings may be taken as might have been taken if the company had not been dissolved.
(2)
A person on whose application the order was made, shall, within seven days after the making of the order or such further time as the Court may allow, deliver to the Commission for registration an office copy of the order, and if that person fails to do so he is liable to a penalty as prescribed by the Commission in the regulations.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 691

What this section means

From the guide: Voiding a dissolution and the Companies Liquidation Account under CAMA 2020

  • Within two years of a dissolution, the court can declare it void on the application of the liquidator or an interested person (section 691).
  • The applicant must deliver an office copy of the order to the Commission within seven days (section 691).

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Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.