IBC 34 — Appointment of liquidator and fee to be paid

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

(1)  Where  the  Adjudicating  Authority  passes an order for liquidation of the corporate debtor under section 33, the resolution professional appointed for the  corporate  insolvency  resolution  process  under

[Chapter  II  shall,  subject  to  submission  of  a  written consent  by  the  resolution  professional  to  the  Adjudicatory  Authority  in  specified  form,] act  as  the liquidator for the purposes of liquidation unless replaced by the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (4).
(2)  On  the  appointment  of  a  liquidator  under  this  section,  all powers  of  the  board  of  directors,  key managerial  personnel  and  the  partners  of  the  corporate  debtor,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  cease  to  have effect and shall be vested in the liquidator.
(3) The personnel of the corporate debtor shall extend all assistance and cooperation to the liquidator as  may  be  required  by  him  in  managing  the  affairs  of  the  corporate  debtor and  provisions  of section  19
shall apply in relation to voluntary liquidation process as they apply in relation to liquidation process with the substitution of references to the liquidator for references to the interim resolution professional.
(4) The Adjudicating Authority shall by order replace the resolution professional, if—
(a) the resolution plan submitted by the resolution professional under section 30 was rejected for failure to meet the requirements mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 30; or (b)  the  Board  recommends  the  replacement  of  a  resolution  professional  to  the  Adjudicating
Authority for reasons to be recorded

[in writing; or]

[(c) the resolution professional fails to submit written consent under sub-section (1).]
(5) For the purposes of

[clauses (a) and (c)] of sub-section (4), the Adjudicating Authority may direct the Board to propose the name of another insolvency professional to be appointed as a liquidator.
(6) The Board shall propose the name of another insolvency professional

[along with written consent from  the  insolvency  professional  in  the  specified  form,] within  ten  days  of  the  direction  issued  by  the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (5).
(7) The Adjudicating Authority shall, on receipt of the proposal of the Board for the appointment of an  insolvency  professional  as  liquidator,  by  an  order  appoint  such  insolvency  professional  as  the liquidator.
(8) An insolvency professional proposed to be appointed as a liquidator shall charge such fee for the conduct of the liquidation proceedings and in such proportion to the value of the liquidation estate assets, as may be specified by the Board.
(9) The fees for the conduct of the liquidation proceedings under sub-section (8) shall be paid to the liquidator from the proceeds of the liquidation estate under section 53.

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