Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)

When in terms of this Act anything is to be performed within a specified period of time, the Registrar may in any case, on application to him before or after the expiry of that period, and on payment of the prescribed fee, or generally, and on his own motion, extend the said period as he may deem fit subject to the provisions of this Act, and where any period has been so extended, any reference in section 178 to such period shall be construed as a reference to such period as so extended.