IBC 224 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Fund

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

(1)  There  shall  be  formed  a  Fund  to  be  called  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”) for the purposes of insolvency resolution, liquidation and bankruptcy of persons under the Code.
(2) There shall be credited to the Fund the following amounts, namely—
(a) the grants made by the Central Government for the purposes of the Fund;
(b) the amount deposited by persons as contribution to the Fund;
(c) the amount received in the Fund from any other source; and (d) the interest or other income received out of the investment made from the Fund.
(3) A person who has contributed any amount to the Fund may, in the event of proceedings initiated in respect of such person under this Code before an Adjudicating Authority, make an application to such
Adjudicating Authority for withdrawal of funds  not exceeding the  amount contributed  by it, for making payments  to  workmen,  protecting  the  assets  of  such  persons,  meeting  the  incidental costs  during  the proceedings or such other purposes as may be prescribed.

(4) The Central Government shall, by notification, appoint an administrator to administer the fund in such manner as may be prescribed.

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