IBC 255 — Amendments of Act 18 of 2013

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

The  Companies Act, 2013 shall be amended in the  manner specified in the Eleventh Schedule.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 245)
AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN PARTNERSHIP ACT, 1932
( 9 OF 1932)
1. In section 41, clause (a) shall be omitted.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE
(See section 246)
AMENDMENT TO THE CENTRAL EXCISE ACT, 1944
(1 OF 1944)
1.  In  section 11E,  for the  words,  figures  and  brackets “and  the  Securitisation and  Reconstruction of
Financial  Assets  and  the  Enforcement  of  Security  Interest  Act,  2002  (54  of  2002) “,  the  words,  figures and brackets “the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be substituted.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE
(See section 247)
AMENDMENT TO THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961
(43 OF 1961)
In sub-section (6) of section 178, after the words “for the time being in force”, the words and figures
“except the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
(See section 248)
AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTOMS ACT, 1962
(52 OF 1962)
In  section  142A,  for  the  words, figures and  brackets “and  the  Securitisation  and  Reconstruction  of
Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002)”, the words, and figures and brackets “ the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be substituted.

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
(See section 249)
AMENDMENTS TO THE RECOVERY OF DEBTS DUE TO BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT, 1993
(51 OF 1993)
1.  In  the  long  title,  after  the  words “financial  institutions”,  the  words “,  insolvency  resolution  and bankruptcy of individuals and partnership firms” shall be inserted, namely:—.
2. In section 1,—
(a)  in  sub-section  (1),  for  the  words “Due  to  Banks  and  Financial  Institutions” the  words “and
Bankruptcy” shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (4), for the words “The provision of this Code”, the words “Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Code”, shall be substituted.
3. In section 3, after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A)  The  Central  Government  shall  by  notification  establish such  number  of  Debts  Recovery
Tribunals  and  its  benches  as  it  may  consider  necessary,  to  exercise  the  jurisdiction,  powers  and authority  of  the  Adjudicating  Authority  conferred  on  such  Tribunal  by  or  under  the  Insolvency  and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”.
4. In section 8, after sub-section (1), the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A)  The  Central  Government  shall,  by  notification,  establish  such  number  of  Debt  Recovery Appellate Tribunals to exercise jurisdiction, powers and authority to entertain appeal against the order made by the Adjudicating Authority under Part III of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”.
5. In section 17,—
(i) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A) Without prejudice to sub-section (1),—
(a)  the  Tribunal  shall  exercise,  on  and  from  the  date  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central Government, the jurisdiction, powers and authority to entertain and decide applications under Part III of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
(b) the Tribunal shall have circuit sittings in all district headquarters.”.
(ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(2A) Without prejudice to sub-section (2), the Appellate Tribunal shall exercise, on and from the  date  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government,  the  jurisdiction,  powers  and  authority  to entertain  appeals  against  the  order  made  by  the  Adjudicating  Authority  under  Part  III  of  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”.
6. After section 19, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
“19A. The application made to Tribunal for exercising the powers of the Adjudicating Authority under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 shall be dealt with in the manner as provided under that Code.”.
7. In section 20, in sub-section (4) , after the word, brackets and figure “sub-section (1)”, the words, brackets  and  figures “or  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  181  of  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,
2016” shall be inserted.

THE SIXTH SCHEDULE
(See section 250)
AMENDMENT TO THE FINANCE ACT, 1994
(32 OF 1994)
In  section  88,  for  the  words, figures and  brackets “and  the  Securitisation  and  Reconstruction  of
Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002)”, the words and figures
“the  Securitisation  and  Reconstruction  of  Financial  Assets  and  the  Enforcement  of  Security  Interest Act, 2002 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be substituted.

THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE
(See section 251)
AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND
ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ACT, 2002
(54 OF 2002)
In section 13, in sub-section (9), for the words “In the case of”, the words and figures “Subject to the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, in the case of” shall be substituted.

THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE
(See section 252)
AMENDMENT TO THE SICK INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) REPEAL ACT, 2003
(1 OF 2004)
In section 4, for sub-clause (b), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely—
“(b)  On  such  date  as  may  be  notified  by  the  Central  Government  in  this  behalf,  any  appeal preferred to the Appellate Authority or any reference made or inquiry pending to or before the Board or any proceeding of whatever nature pending before the Appellate Authority or the Board under the
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986) shall stand abated:
Provided  that  a  company  in  respect  of  which  such  appeal  or  reference  or  inquiry  stands  abated under this  clause may  make  reference to the  National Company Law Tribunal under the  Insolvency and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016  within  one  hundred  and  eighty  days  from the  commencement  of  the
Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Insolvency  and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016:
Provided  further  that  no  fees  shall  be  payable  for  making  such  reference  under  Insolvency  and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 by a company whose appeal or reference or inquiry stands abated under this clause.

[Provided   also  that   any   scheme   sanctioned   under   sub-section   (4)   or any   scheme   under implementation  under  sub-section  (12)  of  section  18  of  the  Sick  Industrial  Companies  (Special Provisions)  Act,  1985  shall  be  deemed  to  be  an  approved  resolution  plan  under  sub-section  (1)  of section  31  of  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016  and  the  same  shall  be  dealt  with,  in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the said Code:
Provided  also  that  in  case,  the  statutory  period  within  which  an  appeal  was  allowed  under  the
Sick  Industrial  Companies  (Special  Provisions)  Act,  1985 against  an  order  of  the  Board  had  not expired  as  on  the  date  of  notification  of  this  Act,  an  appeal  against  any  such  deemed  approved resolution  plan  may  be  preferred  by  any  person  before  National  Company  Law  Appellate  Tribunal within ninety days from the date of publication of this order.]”

THE NINTH SCHEDULE
(See section 253)
AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS ACT, 2007
(51 OF 2007)
1.  In  section  23, in  sub-sections  (4), (5) and  (6), after  the  words, figures and  brackets “the  Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949)” “the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)”, the words and figures “or the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.
2.  In  section  23A,  in  sub-section  (3),  after  the  words, figures and  brackets “the  Companies  Act,
2013”, the words and figures “or the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.

THE TENTH SCHEDULE
(See section 254)
AMENDMENT TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP ACT, 2008
(6 OF 2009)
In section 64, clause (c) shall be omitted.

THE ELEVENTH SCHEDULE
(See section 255)
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
(18 OF 2013)
1. In section 2,—
(a) for clause (23), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(23) “Company  Liquidator” means  a  person  appointed  by  the  Tribunal  as  the  Company
Liquidator  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  275  for  the  winding  up of  a  company under this Act;”;
(b) after clause (94) , the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
“(94A) “winding  up” means  winding  up  under  this  Act  or  liquidation  under  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as applicable.”.
2. In section 8, in sub-section (9), for the words and figures “the Rehabilitation and Insolvency Fund formed  under  section  269”,  the  words and  figures “Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Fund  formed  under section 224 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be substituted.
3. In section 66, in sub-section (8), for the words, brackets and figures “is unable, within the meaning of  sub-section  (2)  of  section  271,  to  pay  the  amount  of  his  debt  or  claim,”, the  words  and  figures
“commits  a  default,  within  the  meaning  of  section  6  of  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016,  in respect of the amount of his debt or claim,” shall be substituted.
4. In section 77, in sub-section (3), after the words “the liquidator”, the words and figures “appointed under this Act or the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as the case may be,” shall be inserted.
5. In section 117, in sub-section (3), in clause (f), for the word and figures “section 304”, the words and figures “section 59 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be substituted.
6. In section 224, in sub-section (2), after the words “wound up under this Act”, the words and figures
“or under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.
7. In section 230,—
(a) in sub-section (1), after the word “liquidator”, the words and figures “appointed under this Act or under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as the case may be,” shall be inserted;
(b) in sub-section (6), after the words “on the liquidator”, the words and figures “appointed under this Act or under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as the case may be,” shall be inserted;
8.  In  section  249,  in  sub-section  (1),  for  clause  (e),  the  following  clause  shall  be  substituted, namely:—
“(e)  is  being  wound  up  under  Chapter  XX  of  this  Act  or  under  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”.
9. Sections 253 to 269 shall be omitted.
10. For section 270, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“270. Winding  up  by  Tribunal.—The  provisions  of  Part  I  shall  apply  to  the  winding  up  of  a company by the Tribunal under this Act.”.
11. For section 271, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“271. Circumstances in which company may be wound up by Tribunal.—A company may, on a petition under section 272, be wound up by the Tribunal,—
(a) if the company has, by special resolution, resolved that the company be wound up by the
Tribunal;
(b) if the company has acted against the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality;
(c) if on an application made by the Registrar or any other person authorised by the Central
Government  by  notification  under  this  Act,  the  Tribunal  is of  the  opinion  that  the  affairs  of  the company have been conducted in a fraudulent manner or the company was formed for fraudulent and unlawful purpose or the persons concerned in the formation or management of its affairs have been guilty of fraud, misfeasance or misconduct in connection therewith and that it is proper that the company be wound up;
(d) if the company has made a default in filing with the Registrar its financial statements or annual returns for immediately preceding five consecutive financial years; or (e)  if  the  Tribunal  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  just  and  equitable  that  the  company  should  be wound up.”.
12. For section 272, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“272. Petition  for  winding  up.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  a  petition  to  the Tribunal for the winding up of a company shall be presented by—
(a) the company;
(b) any contributory or contributories;
(c) all or any of the persons specified in clauses (a) and (b);
(d) the Registrar;
(e) any person authorised by the Central Government in that behalf; or (f)  in  a  case  falling  under  clause  (b)  of  section  271,  by  the  Central  Government  or  a  State Government.
(2)  A  contributory  shall  be  entitled  to  present  a  petition  for  the  winding  up  of  a  company, notwithstanding that he may be the holder of fully paid-up shares, or that the company may have no assets  at  all  or  may  have  no  surplus  assets  left  for  distribution  among  the  shareholders  after  the satisfaction of its liabilities, and shares in respect of which he is a contributory or some of them were either originally allotted to him or have been held by him, and registered in his name, for at least six months during the eighteen months immediately before the commencement of the winding up or have devolved on him through the death of a former holder.
(3) The Registrar shall be entitled to present a petition for winding up under section 271, except on the grounds specified in clause (a) or clause (e) of that sub-section:
Provided  that  the  Registrar  shall  obtain the  previous  sanction  of  the  Central  Government  to  the presentation of a petition:
Provided  further  that  the  Central  Government  shall  not  accord  its  sanction  unless  the  company has been given a reasonable opportunity of making representations.

(4)  A  petition  presented  by  the  company  for  winding  up  before  the  Tribunal  shall  be  admitted only if accompanied by a statement of affairs in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.
(5)  A  copy  of the  petition made  under  this  section shall  also  be  filed  with the  Registrar  and  the Registrar  shall,  without  prejudice  to  any  other  provisions,  submit  his  views  to  the  Tribunal  within sixty days of receipt of such petition.”.
13. In section 275,—
(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2)  The  provisional  liquidator  or  the  Company  Liquidator,  as  the  case  may,  shall  be appointed  by  the  Tribunal  from  amongst  the  insolvency  professionals  registered  under  the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016;”;
(b) sub-section (4) shall be omitted.
14. For section 280, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“280. Jurisdiction  of  Tribunal.—The  Tribunal  shall,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  any other law for the time being in force, have jurisdiction to entertain, or dispose of,—
(a) any suit or proceeding by or against the company;
(b)  any  claim  made  by  or  against  the  company,  including  claims  by  or  against  any  of  its branches in India;
(c) any application made under section 233;
(d)  any  question  of  priorities  or  any  other question  whatsoever,  whether  of  law  or  facts, including  those  relating  to  assets,  business,  actions,  rights,  entitlements,  privileges,  benefits, duties, responsibilities, obligations or in any matter arising out of, or in relation to winding up of the company, whether such suit or proceeding has been instituted, or is instituted, or such claim or question has arisen or  arises  or  such  application  has  been  made  or  is  made  or  such  scheme  has  been  submitted,  or  is submitted, before or after the order for the winding up of the company is made.”.
15. Section 289 shall be omitted.
16. The heading “Part II.—Voluntary winding up” shall be omitted.
17. Sections 304 to 323 shall be omitted.
18. Section 325 shall be omitted.
19. For section 326, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“326. Overriding preferential payments.—(1) In the winding up of a company under this Act, the following debts shall be paid in priority to all other debts:—
(a) workmen’s dues; and (b)  where  a  secured  creditor  has  realised  a secured  asset,  so  much  of  the  debts  due  to  such secured  creditor as  could not  be  realised by  him  or  the  amount  of the  workmen’s  portion  in  his security (if payable under the law), whichever is less, pari passu with the workmen’s dues:
Provided that in case of the winding up of a company, the sums referred to in sub-clauses (i) and  (ii) of clause  (b) of the Explanation, which  are  payable  for a  period of two years  preceding the  winding  up  order  or  such  other  period  as  may  be  prescribed,  shall  be  paid  in  priority  to  all other  debts  (including  debts  due  to  secured  creditors),  within  a  period  of  thirty  days  of  sale  of

assets  and  shall  be  subject  to  such  charge  over  the  security  of  secured  creditors  as  may  be prescribed.
(2)  The  debts  payable  under  the  proviso  to sub-section  (1)  shall  be  paid  in  full  before  any payment is made to secured creditors and thereafter debts payable under that sub-section shall be paid in  full,  unless  the  assets  are  insufficient  to  meet  them,  in  which  case  they  shall  abate  in  equal proportions.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, and section 327—
(a) “workmen”,   in   relation   to   a   company,   means   the   employees   of   the   company, being  workmen  within  the  meaning  of  clause  (s)  of  section  2  of  the  Industrial  Disputes
Act, 1947 (14 of 1947);
(b) “workmen’s dues”, in relation to a company, means the aggregate of the following sums due from the company to its workmen, namely:—
(i) all wages or salary including wages payable for time or piece work and salary earned wholly  or in part  by  way  of  commission  of  any  workman  in  respect  of  services  rendered  to the company and any compensation payable to any workman under any of the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947);
(ii) all accrued holiday remuneration becoming payable to any workman or, in the case of his death, to any other person in his right on the termination of his employment before or by the effect of the winding up order or resolution;
(iii)  unless  the  company  is  being  wound up  voluntarily  merely  for  the  purposes  of reconstruction  or  amalgamation  with  another  company  or  unless  the  company  has,  at  the commencement  of  the  winding  up,  under  such  a  contract  with  insurers  as  is  mentioned  in section 14 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 (19 of 1923), rights capable of being transferred to and vested in the workmen, all amount due in respect of any compensation or liability  for  compensation  under  the  said  Act  in  respect  of  the  death  or  disablement  of  any workman of the company;
(iv) all sums due to any workman from the provident fund, the pension fund, the gratuity fund or any other fund for the welfare of the workmen, maintained by the company;
(c) “workmen’s  portion’’,  in  relation  to  the  security  of  any  secured  creditor  of  a  company, means the amount which bears to the value of the security the same proportion as the amount of the workmen’s dues bears to the aggregate of the amount of workmen’s dues and the amount of the debts due to the secured creditors.
Illustration The value of the security of a secured creditor of a company is Rs. 1,00,000. The total amount of  the  workmen’s  dues  is  Rs.  1,00,000.  The  amount  of  the  debts  due  from  the  company  to  its secured  creditors  is  Rs. 3,00,000.  The  aggregate  of  the  amount  of  workmen’s  dues and  the amount of debts due to secured creditors is Rs. 4,00,000. The workmen’s portion of the security is, therefore, one-fourth of the value of the security, that is Rs. 25,000.”.
20. In section 327,—
(a) after sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

“(7)  Sections  326  and  327  shall  not  be  applicable  in  the  event  of  liquidation  under  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”;
(b) in the Explanation, for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(c)  the  expression “relevant  date” means  in  the  case  of  a  company  being  wound  up  by  the
Tribunal,  the  date  of  appointment  or  first  appointment  of  a  provisional  liquidator,  or  if  no  such appointment was made, the date of the winding up order, unless, in either case, the company had commenced  to  be  wound  up  voluntarily  before  that  date  under  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy Code, 2016;”.
21. For section 329, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“329. Transfers not in good faith to be void.—Any transfer of property, movable or immovable, or any delivery of goods, made by a company, not being a transfer or delivery made in the ordinary course  of  its  business  or  in  favour  of  a  purchaser  or  encumbrancer  in  good  faith  and  for  valuable consideration, if made within a period of one year before the presentation of a petition for winding up by the Tribunal under this Act shall be void against the Company Liquidator.”.
22. For section 334, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“334. Transfer, etc., after commencement of winding up to be void.—In the case of a winding up by the Tribunal, any disposition of the property including actionable claims, of the company and any transfer  of  shares  in  the  company  or  alteration  in  the  status  of  its  members,  made after  the commencement of the winding up shall, unless the Tribunal otherwise orders, be void.”.
23.  In  section  336,  in  sub-section  (1),  in  the  opening  paragraph,  for  the  words “whether  by  the
Tribunal  or  voluntarily,  or  which  is  subsequently  ordered  to  be  wound  up  by  the  Tribunal  or  which subsequently passes a resolution for voluntary winding up”, the words “by the Tribunal under this Act or which is subsequently ordered to be wound up by the Tribunal under this Act” shall be substituted.
24.  In  section  337,  for  the  words “or  which  subsequently  passes  a  resolution  for  voluntary  winding up,”, the words “under this Act”, shall be substituted.
25. In section 342, sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall be omitted.
26. In section 343, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely—
“(1) The Company Liquidator may, with the sanction of the Tribunal, when the company is being wound up by the Tribunal,—
(i) pay any class of creditors in full;
(ii) make any compromise or arrangement with creditors or persons claiming to be creditors, or  having  or  alleging  themselves  to  have  any  claim,  present  or  future,  certain  or  contingent, against the company, or whereby the company may be rendered liable; or (iii) compromise any call or liability to call, debt, and liability capable of resulting in a debt, and any claim, present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages, subsisting or alleged to subsist between the company and a contributory or alleged contributory or other  debtor  or  person  apprehending  liability  to  the  company,  and  all  questions  in  any  way relating to or affecting the assets or liabilities or the winding up of the company, on such terms as may be  agreed, and take  any security for the  discharge  of any such call, debt, liability or claim, and give a complete discharge in respect thereof.”.
27. In section 347, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely—

“(1)  When  the  affairs  of  a  company  have  been  completely  wound  up  and  it  is about  to  be dissolved,  the  books  and  papers  of  such  company  and  those  of  the  Company  Liquidator  may  be disposed of in such manner as the Tribunal directs.”.
28. In section 348, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely—
“(1)  If  the  winding  up  of a  company  is  not  concluded  within  one  year after its  commencement, the  Company Liquidator shall, unless he  is  exempted from so  doing, either wholly or in part by the
Central Government, within two months of the expiry of such year and thereafter until the winding up is  concluded,  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  one  year  or  at  such  shorter  intervals,  if  any,  as  may  be prescribed,  file  a  statement  in  such  form  containing  such  particulars  as  may  be  prescribed,  duly audited, by a person qualified to act as auditor of the company, with respect to the proceedings in, and position of, the liquidation, with the Tribunal:
Provided  that  no  such  audit  as  is  referred  to  in  this  sub-section  shall  be  necessary  where  the provisions of section 294 apply;”.
29. For section 357, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“357. Commencement  of  winding  up  by  Tribunal.—The  winding  up  of  a  company  by  the Tribunal under this Act shall be deemed  to commence  at the time  of the presentation of the petition for the winding up.”.
30.  In  section  370,  in  the  proviso,  after  the  words “obtained  for  the  winding  up  the  company”,  the words and  figures “in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  of  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.
31.  In  section  372,  after  the  words “The  provisions  of  this  Act”,  the  words and  figures “or  of  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as the case may be,” shall be inserted.
32. In section 419, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(4)  The  Central  Government  shall,  by  notification,  establish  such  number  of  benches  of  the
Tribunal,  as  it  may  consider  necessary,  to  exercise  the  jurisdiction,  powers  and  authority  of  the Adjudicating  Authority  conferred  on  such  Tribunal  by  or  under  Part  II  of  the  Insolvency  and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”.
33. In section 424,—
(i) in sub-section (1), after the words, “other provisions of this Act”, the words and figures “or of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted;
(ii)  in  sub-section  (2),  after  the  words, “under  this  Act”,  the  words and  figures “or  under  the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” shall be inserted.
34. In section 429, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The Tribunal may, in any proceedings for winding up of a company under this Act or in any proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, in order to take into custody or under its  control  all  property,  books  of  account  or  other  documents,  request,  in  writing,  the  Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or the District Collector within whose jurisdiction any  such  property,  books  of  account  or  other  documents  of  such  company  under  this  Act  or  of corporate persons under the said Code, are situated or found, to take possession thereof, and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate or the District Collector, as the case may be, shall, on such request being made to him,—

(a) take possession of such property, books of account or other documents; and (b) cause the same to be entrusted to the Tribunal or other persons authorised by it.”.
35. For section 434, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“434. (1) On such date as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf,—
(a)   all   matters,   proceedings   or   cases   pending   before   the   Board   of   Company   Law Administration (herein in this section referred  to as the  Company Law Board) constituted under sub-section (1) of section 10E of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), immediately before such date  shall  stand  transferred  to  the  Tribunal  and  the  Tribunal  shall  dispose  of  such  matters, proceedings or cases in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(b) any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Company Law Board made before such date may file an appeal to the High Court within sixty days from the date of communication of the decision or order of the Company Law Board to him on any question of law arising out of such order:
Provided  that  the  High Court  may  if  it  is  satisfied  that  the  appellant  was  prevented  by sufficient cause from filing an appeal within the said period, allow it to be filed within a further period not exceeding sixty days; and (c)  all  proceedings  under  the  Companies  Act,  1956  (1 of  1956),  including  proceedings relating   to   arbitration,   compromise,   arrangements   and   reconstruction   and   winding   up   of companies, pending immediately before such date before any District Court or High Court, shall stand  transferred  to  the  Tribunal  and  the Tribunal  may  proceed  to  deal  with  such  proceedings from the stage before their transfer:
Provided  that  only  such  proceedings  relating  to  the  winding  up  of  companies  shall  be transferred to the Tribunal that are at a stage as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(2) The Central Government may make rules consistent with the provisions of this Act to ensure timely  transfer  of  all  matters,  proceedings  or  cases  pending  before  the  Company  Law  Board  or  the courts, to the Tribunal under this section.”.
 36. In section 468, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(i) as  to  the  mode  of  proceedings  to  be  held  for  winding  up  of  a  company  by  the  Tribunal under this Act;
(ii)  for  the  holding  of  meetings  of  creditors  and  members  in  connection  with  proceedings under section 230;
(iii) for giving effect to the provisions of this Act as to the reduction of the capital;
(iv) generally for all applications to be made to the Tribunal under the provisions of this Act;
(v)  the  holding  and  conducting  of  meetings  to  ascertain  the  wishes  of  creditors  and contributories;
(vi) the settling of lists of contributories and the rectifying of the register of members where required, and collecting and applying the assets;
(vii)  the  payment,  delivery,  conveyance,  surrender  or  transfer  of  money,  property,  books  or papers to the liquidator;

(viii) the making of calls; and (ix) the fixing of a time within which debts and claims shall be proved.”.
37. In Schedule  V, in Part II, in section III, for clause (b), the  following clause shall be  substituted, namely:—
“(b) where the company—
(i)  is  a  newly  incorporated  company,  for  a  period  of  seven  years  from  the  date  of  its incorporation, or (ii) is a sick company, for whom a scheme of revival or rehabilitation has been ordered by the
Board  for  Industrial  and  Financial  Reconstruction  for  a  period  of  five  years  from  the  date  of sanction of scheme of revival, or (iii)  is  a  company  in  relation  to  which  a  resolution  plan  has  been  approved  by  the  National
Company  Law  Tribunal  under  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016  for  a  period  of  five years from the date of such approval, it may pay remuneration up to two times the amount permissible under section II.”.

[THE TWELFTH SCHEDULE
[See clause (d) of section 29A]
ACTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE (d) OF SECTION 29A
(1) The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1922 (22 of 1922);
(2) The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
(3) The Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944);
(4) The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954);
(5) The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);
(6) The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956);
(7) The Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
(8) The Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);
(9) The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974);
(10)  The  Conservation  of  Foreign  Exchange  and  Prevention  of  Smuggling Activities  Act,  1974
(52 of 1974);
(11) The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981);
(12) The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986);
(13) The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
(14) The Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (45 of 1988);
(15) The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (49 of 1988);
(16) The Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992);
(17) The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999);
(18) The Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003);
(19) The Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003);
(20) The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009);
(21) The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (42 of 2010);
(22) The Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) or any previous company law;
(23) The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
(22 of 2015);
(24) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016);
(25)  The  Central  Goods  and  Services  Tax  Act,  2017  (12  of  2017)  and  respective State  Acts imposing State goods and services tax;
(26) such other Acts as may be notified by the Central Government.
Every  notification  issued  under  this  Schedule  shall  be  laid, as  soon  as  may  be  after  it  is  issued,  before each House of Parliament.]

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