All sections · Part XIII: Protected Cell Companies · Sub-Part V: Dealings with and Arrangements within Protected Cell Companies
237 Company to inform persons they are dealing with a protected cell company
(1) A protected cell company shall —
persons they are
dealing with a
(a) inform any person with whom it transacts that it is a protected
cell company; and
(b) for the purposes of that transaction, identify or specify the cell in
respect of which that person is transacting, unless that transaction
is not a transaction in respect of a particular cell, in which case it
shall specify that the transaction is in respect of the core.
(2) If, in contravention of subsection (1), a protected cell company —
(a) fails to inform a person that he is transacting with a protected
cell company, and that person is otherwise unaware that, and
has no reasonable grounds to believe that, he is transacting with
a protected cell company; or
(b) fails to identify or specify the cell or core, as the case may be,
in respect of which a person is transacting, and that person is
otherwise unaware of, and has no reasonable basis of knowing,
which cell or core, as the case may be, he is transacting with,
then, in either such case —
(i) the directors (notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in the company‘s memorandum or articles or
in any contract with the company or otherwise) incur
personal liability to that person in respect of the
transaction; and
(ii) the directors have a right of indemnity against the core
assets of the company, unless they were fraudulent,
reckless or negligent, or acted in bad faith.
(3) Where, pursuant to section 350 the Court relieves a director of all or part
of his personal liability under subsection (2)(i), the Court may order that
the liability in question shall instead be met from such of the cellular or
core assets of the protected cell company as may be specified in the order.
persons they are
dealing with a
(a) inform any person with whom it transacts that it is a protected
cell company; and
(b) for the purposes of that transaction, identify or specify the cell in
respect of which that person is transacting, unless that transaction
is not a transaction in respect of a particular cell, in which case it
shall specify that the transaction is in respect of the core.
(2) If, in contravention of subsection (1), a protected cell company —
(a) fails to inform a person that he is transacting with a protected
cell company, and that person is otherwise unaware that, and
has no reasonable grounds to believe that, he is transacting with
a protected cell company; or
(b) fails to identify or specify the cell or core, as the case may be,
in respect of which a person is transacting, and that person is
otherwise unaware of, and has no reasonable basis of knowing,
which cell or core, as the case may be, he is transacting with,
then, in either such case —
(i) the directors (notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in the company‘s memorandum or articles or
in any contract with the company or otherwise) incur
personal liability to that person in respect of the
transaction; and
(ii) the directors have a right of indemnity against the core
assets of the company, unless they were fraudulent,
reckless or negligent, or acted in bad faith.
(3) Where, pursuant to section 350 the Court relieves a director of all or part
of his personal liability under subsection (2)(i), the Court may order that
the liability in question shall instead be met from such of the cellular or
core assets of the protected cell company as may be specified in the order.
