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case may be, on and after that date by or against the appropriate successor company in the same
way that it might have been enforced or continued by or against the Corporation had this Act not
been passed.
(7) Any guarantee or suretyship which was given or made by the Government or any other
person in respect of any debt or obligation of the Corporation and which was effective
immediately before the transfer date of the principal debt or obligation shall remain fully effective
against the guarantor or surety on and after that date in relation to the repayment of the debt or
the performance of the obligation, as the case may be, by the appropriate successor company to
which the principal debt or obligation was transferred.
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Issue of securities in consideration for transfer of assets
(1) In consideration for the transfer of the assets of the Corporation to the appropriate
successor company by virtue of section one hundred and eight, the successor company, if so
required by the Minister, shall issue such securities as the Minister may direct ⎯
(a) to the Minister or a person nominated by the Minister; or
(b) to any person entitled to require the issue of the securities following their initial
allotment to a person referred to in paragraph (a).
(2) Securities issued pursuant to a direction under subsection (1)⎯
(a) shall be issued or allotted at such times and on such terms and conditions as the
Minister may direct; and
(b) shall be regarded as fully paid and treated for the purposes of the Companies Act
[Chapter 24:03] as if they had been paid up by virtue of the payment to the appropriate
successor company of their nominal value in cash.
(3) Any dividends or other moneys received by the Minister or by any other person on behalf
of the State in right of or on the disposal of any security or right acquired by virtue of this section
shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(4) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable under the Stamp Duties Act [Chapter
23:09]⎯
(a) in respect of any security issued in compliance with a direction under subsection (1); or
(b) where any convertible securities were issued in compliance with a direction under
subsection (1), in respect of the exercise of the conversion rights attached to any such
security.
(5) The Minister shall not⎯
(a) give a direction under subsection (1) at a time when the appropriate successor company
has ceased to be wholly owned by the State; or
(b) exercise any power conferred on him by this section, or dispose of any security issued or
allotted to him pursuant to this section, or dispose of any right in such a security, except
after consultation with the Minister responsible for finance.
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Conversion of loans transferred to successor company
(1) In this section⎯
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