Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
R 385
South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 (Act No. 90 of 1989)38. Liquidation |
| 1) | The Bank shall not be placed in liquidation except by an Act of Parliament. |
| 2) | In the event of liquidation, the reserve fund and surplus assets (if any) of the Bank shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be divided between the Government and shareholders in the proportion of sixty per cent and forty per cent, respectively. |
| 3) | If the amount payable to a shareholder in terms of subsection (2) exceeds the average market price of his holdings of shares in the Bank over the period of twelve months preceding a day three months prior to the date upon which a Bill providing for such liquidation is introduced in Parliament, so much of that amount as exceeds the said average shall be paid to the Government. |
| 4) | No writ of execution or attachment or process in the nature thereof shall be issued or proceeded with against the Bank if the Minister has certified that he has introduced or that it is his intention to introduce in Parliament a Bill placing the Bank in liquidation, and has not withdrawn the certificate. |
