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ORDINANCE XLVII OF 2001 BANKING COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2001 ORDINANCE XLVII OF 2001 An Ordinance further to amend the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 30th August, 2001] F.No.2(1)/2001-Pub., dated 30-8-2001.---The following Ordinance promulgated by the President is hereby published for general information:-- 5. Substitution of section 54, Ordinance LVII of 1962.--In the said Ordinance, for section 54 the following shall be substituted, namely:-- "54. Preliminary report by _ the official liquidator.-- Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section 329 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984), where a winding up order has been made in respect of a banking company, the official liquidator shall submit a .preliminary report to the High Court within ninety days from the date of the winding up order or where the winding up order has been made before the 1st day of August, 2001, within ninety days therefrom, giving the information required by section 329 (ibid) so far as it is available to the official liquidator and also stating the amount of assets of the banking company in cash which are in his custody or under his control on the date of the report and the amount of its assets which are likely to be collected in cash before the expiry of that period of ninety days in order that such assets may be applied speedily towards making priority payments under section 58 and in the discharge, as far as possible, of the liabilities and obligations of the banking company in accordance with the provisions of section 58, and the official liquidator shall make for the purposes aforesaid every endeavour to collect in cash as much of the assets of the banking company as practicable: Provided that the High Court may, if it deems fit in any particular case, extend the period of ninety days, referred to in this section, for a further period of sixty days."