All sections · Part XIV: Investigations Of Companies
255 调查令
(1)成员或注册官可在开始时或应法庭的申请，向法庭申请命令，指示对公司及其任何关联公司进行调查。
(2) 如果在根据第(1)款提出申请时，申请人认为
法院认为--
(a) 本公司或其任何关联公司的业务是或曾经是以欺骗任何人的目的进行的。
(b) 公司或其任何附属机构是为欺诈或非法目的而成立的，或将为欺诈或非法目的而解散；或
(c) 从事本公司或其任何关联公司的组建、业务或事务的任何人员已经或可能已经采取了与此相关的欺诈或不诚实的行为。
法院可以作出任何它认为合适的命令，由一名检查员（可能是注册官）对公司及其任何关联公司进行调查。
(3) 如果成员根据第(1)款提出申请，他应向书记官长发出适当的通知，而书记官长有权在申请的听证会上出庭并发言。
(4) 本条规定的申请人不需要提供费用担保。
(2) 如果在根据第(1)款提出申请时，申请人认为
法院认为--
(a) 本公司或其任何关联公司的业务是或曾经是以欺骗任何人的目的进行的。
(b) 公司或其任何附属机构是为欺诈或非法目的而成立的，或将为欺诈或非法目的而解散；或
(c) 从事本公司或其任何关联公司的组建、业务或事务的任何人员已经或可能已经采取了与此相关的欺诈或不诚实的行为。
法院可以作出任何它认为合适的命令，由一名检查员（可能是注册官）对公司及其任何关联公司进行调查。
(3) 如果成员根据第(1)款提出申请，他应向书记官长发出适当的通知，而书记官长有权在申请的听证会上出庭并发言。
(4) 本条规定的申请人不需要提供费用担保。
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Investigation order
(1) A member or the Registrar may apply to the Court ex parte or upon such
notice as the Court may require, for an order directing that an
investigation be made of the company and any of its associated
companies.
(2) If, upon an application under subsection (1), it appears to the Court that
—
(a) the business of the company or any of its associates is or has been
carried on with intent to defraud any person;
(b) the company or any of its associates was formed for a fraudulent
or unlawful purpose or is to be dissolved for a fraudulent or
unlawful purpose; or
(c) persons concerned with the incorporation, business or affairs of
the company or any of its associates have or may have in
connection therewith acted fraudulently or dishonestly,
the Court may make any order it thinks fit with respect to an investigation
of the company and any of its associated companies by an inspector, who
may be the Registrar.
(3) If a member makes an application under subsection (1), he shall give the
Registrar reasonable notice of it, and the Registrar is entitled to appear
and be heard at the hearing of the application.
(4) An applicant under this section shall not be required to give security for
costs.
notice as the Court may require, for an order directing that an
investigation be made of the company and any of its associated
companies.
(2) If, upon an application under subsection (1), it appears to the Court that
—
(a) the business of the company or any of its associates is or has been
carried on with intent to defraud any person;
(b) the company or any of its associates was formed for a fraudulent
or unlawful purpose or is to be dissolved for a fraudulent or
unlawful purpose; or
(c) persons concerned with the incorporation, business or affairs of
the company or any of its associates have or may have in
connection therewith acted fraudulently or dishonestly,
the Court may make any order it thinks fit with respect to an investigation
of the company and any of its associated companies by an inspector, who
may be the Registrar.
(3) If a member makes an application under subsection (1), he shall give the
Registrar reasonable notice of it, and the Registrar is entitled to appear
and be heard at the hearing of the application.
(4) An applicant under this section shall not be required to give security for
costs.
