Bermuda civil and statutory proceedings
When must a Bermuda winding-up petition be verified?
File the verifying affidavit within four days after presentation. File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition. Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
- Period
- File the verifying affidavit within four days after presentation
- Trigger
- Presentation of the petition
- Rule
- Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21. Official consolidated body retrieved October 10, 2026. Bermuda Laws Online states laws amended through August 11, 2026. The BR 120/2020 amendments are retained with the consolidated rules.
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Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf. Establish presentation of the petition and the actual completion required to file an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition.
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When must a Bermuda winding-up petition be verified?
File the verifying affidavit within four days after presentation. File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition. Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
Responsible actor. Petitioner or authorized corporate representative.
Presentation of the petition.
Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21How does this provision count time?
- Establish presentation of the petition.
- File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition.
- Presentation, not service or hearing, starts this filing period. The affidavit and certificate-of-compliance steps are distinct.
- Apply the actual filing and computation rules to the four-day period. A generic count cannot establish court receipt or a permitted extension.
Presentation, not service or hearing, starts this filing period. The affidavit and certificate-of-compliance steps are distinct.
Apply the actual filing and computation rules to the four-day period. A generic count cannot establish court receipt or a permitted extension.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf. Establish presentation of the petition and the actual completion required to file an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition.
Petitioner or authorized corporate representative establishes presentation of the petition. Presentation, not service or hearing, starts this filing period. The affidavit and certificate-of-compliance steps are distinct. File the verifying affidavit within four days after presentation. File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition. Establish actual completion before calculating a final date.
A proposed boundary intersects a closure or holiday while the party seeks to file an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition. Apply the actual filing and computation rules to the four-day period. A generic count cannot establish court receipt or a permitted extension. Establish the applicable computation and completion rule. No assumed carried date is supplied.
A corporate petitioner selects a deponent with no involvement in the matter. Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf. Resolve the changed source branch and required act. The nominal period alone does not establish this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedure and branch
- Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Presentation, not service or hearing, starts this filing period. The affidavit and certificate-of-compliance steps are distinct. Apply the actual filing and computation rules to the four-day period. A generic count cannot establish court receipt or a permitted extension.
- Actor and required completion
- Petitioner or authorized corporate representative. File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition.
- Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
- Petitioner or authorized corporate representative. Presentation of the petition. File an affidavit referring to and verifying the petition. Use the current four-day wording and the qualified deponent. Corporate petitioners need a person concerned in the matter on their behalf.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a Bermuda winding-up petition be verified?
What starts four days?
Presentation of the petition.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21What act must be completed?
Filing the verifying affidavit.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21Who may verify a corporate petition?
A person concerned in the matter on behalf of the corporation.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21Can one of several petitioners verify?
Yes. Rule 21 permits one of the petitioners.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21What evidential effect does the rule give it?
It is sufficient prima facie evidence of the petition statements.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21Does verification replace the compliance certificate?
No. Rule 24 separately requires the prescribed certificate before hearing.
Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1982 (BR 50/1982), rule 21 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules 18–26 and 73–75 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Companies (Winding-Up) Amendment Rules 2020 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act 1951, applicable computation provisions | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |