reduced in number to less than seven, or unless the shares in respect of which he is a contributory, or some of them, either were originally allotted to him, or have been held by him, and registered in his name, for a period of at least six months during the eighteen months previously to the commencement of the winding up, or have devolved upon him through the death of a former holder. Provided that where a share has, during the whole or any part of the six months, been held by or registered in the name of the wife of a contributory either before or after her marriage, or by or in the name of any trustee or trustees for such wife, or for the contributory, such share shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been held by and registered in the name of the contributory. XII.-Jurisdiction of County Court in Winding-up, ss. 41-46. Section 81 of the Companies Act, 1862, enables the Court of Chancery to refer winding-up cases to the Bankruptcy Court. These sections add a power to refer such cases to the County Courts. APPENDIX I. PART I. THE COMPANIES ACTS. THE COMPANIES ACT, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c. 89. THE COMPANIES ACT, 1867, 30 & 31 Vict., c. 131. THE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES ARRANGEMENT ACT, 1870, 33 & 34 Vict., c. 104. |