IBC 188 — Establishment and incorporation of Board

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

(1)  With  effect  from  such  date  as  the  Central Government  may,  by  notification,  appoint,  there  shall  be  established,  for  the  purposes  of  this  Code,  a Board by the name of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.
(2)  The  Board  shall  be  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  aforesaid,  having  perpetual  succession  and  a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Code, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
(3) The head office of the Board shall be at such place in the National Capital Region, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression “National Capital Region” shall have the  same  meaning  as  assigned  to  it  in  clause  (f)  of  section  2  of  the  National  Capital  Region  Planning Board Act, 1985 (2 of 1985).
(4) The Board may establish offices at other places in India.

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