{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-938",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-938.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/938",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "938",
  "heading": "Power of court to summon meeting of members or creditors of existing transferee company",
  "text": "(1) The court may order a meeting of—\n(a) the members of an existing transferee company, or any class of them, or\n(b) the creditors of an existing transferee company, or any class of them,\nto be summoned in such manner as the court directs.\n(2) An application for such an order may be made by—\n(a) the company concerned,\n(b) a member or creditor of the company, or\n(c) if the company is being wound up, the liquidator, or\n(d) if the company is in administration, the administrator.\n(3) Section 323 (representation of corporations at meetings) applies to a meeting of creditors under this section as to a meeting of the company (references to a member being read as references to a creditor).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 938(2)(c)(d) substituted for s. 938(2)(c) (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 260(5) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 938(3) added (6.4.2008) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/948), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 251 (with arts. 6, 11, 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/938",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}