Section 667 CAMA 2020
Section 667 Companies and Allied Matters Act is about Duty of sheriff as to goods taken in execution. It is under Chapter 24 (Provisions applicable to every mode of winding-up) of the Act.
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), where any goods of a company are taken in execution and before the sale thereof or the completion of the execution by the receipt or recovery of the full amount of the levy, notice is served on the sheriff that a provisional liquidator has been appointed or that a winding-up order has been made or that a resolution for voluntary winding-up has been passed, the sheriff shall, on being so required,deliver the goods and any money seized or received in part satisfaction of the execution to the liquidator, but the costs of the execution shall be a first charge on the goods or money so delivered, and the liquidator may sell the goods, or a sufficient part thereof, for the purpose of satisfying that charge.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), where under an execution in respect of a judgment for a sum exceeding N100,000, the goods of a company are sold or money is paid in order to avoid the sale, the sheriff shall deduct the costs of the execution from the proceeds of the sale or the money paid, and retain the balance for 14 days and if within that time notice is served on him ofa petition for the winding-up of the company having been presented or of a meeting having been called at which there is to be proposed a resolution forthe voluntary winding-up of the company and an order is made or a resolution is passed, as the case may be, for the winding-up of the company, the sheriff shall pay the balance to the liquidator, who shall be entitled to retain it as against the execution creditor.
(3) The rights conferred by this section on the liquidator may be set aside by the Court in favour of the creditor to such extent and subject to such terms as the Court deems fit.
(4) In this section and section 666 of this Act—(a) “goods” includes chattels personal ; and
(b) “sheriff” includes any officer responsible for the execution of a writ or other process.
