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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-138",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/69",
  "legislation_title": "Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908",
  "path": "section/138",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Effect of winding-up order.",
  "text": "An order for winding up a company shall operate in favour of all the creditors and of all the contributories of the company as if made on the joint petition of a creditor and of a contributory.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/69/section/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:55.325260+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."
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