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Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984)

Part V : Internal Relations

51. Payments by corporation to members

 

(1) Any payment by a corporation to any member by reason only of his membership, may be made only—
(a) if, after such payment is made, the corporation's assets, fairly valued, exceed all its liabilities;
(b) if the corporation is able to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of its business; and
(c) if such payment will in the particular circumstances not in fact render the corporation unable to pay its debts as they become due in the ordinary course of its business.

 

(2) A member shall be liable to a corporation for any payment received contrary to any provision of subsection (1).

 

(3) For the purposes of this section—
(a) without prejudice to the generality of the expression "payment by a corporation to any member by reason only of his membership", that expression—
(i) shall include a distribution, or a repayment of any contribution, or part thereof, to a member;
(ii) shall exclude any payment to a member in his capacity as a creditor of the relevant corporation and, in particular, a payment as remuneration for services rendered as an employee or officer of the corporation, a repayment of a loan or of interest thereon or a payment of rental; and
(b) "payment" shall include the delivery or transfer of any property.