Cos 294 — Audit of Company Liquidator’s accounts

Companies Act, 2013

Statutory text

(1) The Company Liquidator shall maintain proper and regular books of account including accounts of receipts and payments made by him in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The Company Liquidator shall, at such times as may be prescribed but not less than twice in each year during his tenure of office, present to the Tribunal an account of the receipts and payments as such liquidator in the  prescribed form in duplicate,  which  shall be  verified  by a  declaration in such  form and manner as may be prescribed.
(3)  The  Tribunal  shall  cause  the  accounts  to  be  audited  in  such  manner  as  it  thinks  fit,  and  for  the purpose  of  the  audit,  the  Company  Liquidator  shall  furnish  to  the  Tribunal  with  such  vouchers  and information as the Tribunal may require, and the Tribunal may, at any time, require the production of, and inspect, any books of account kept by the Company Liquidator.
(4)  When  the  accounts  of  the  company  have  been  audited,  one  copy  thereof  shall  be  filed  by  the Company Liquidator with the Tribunal, and the other copy shall be delivered to the Registrar which shall be open to inspection by any creditor, contributory or person interested.
(5) Where an account referred to in sub-section (4) relates to a Government company, the Company Liquidator shall forward a copy thereof—
(a) to the Central Government, if that Government is a member of the Government company; or (b) to any State Government, if that Government is a member of the Government company; or (c) to the Central Government and any State Government, if both the Governments are members of the Government company.

(6) The Company Liquidator shall cause the accounts when audited, or a summary thereof, to be printed, and  shall  send  a  printed  copy  of  the  accounts  or  summary  thereof  by  post  to  every  creditor  and  every contributory:
Provided that the Tribunal may dispense with the compliance of the provisions of this sub-section in any case it deems fit.

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