IBC 77 — Punishment for providing false information in application made by corporate debtor

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

Where—
(a) a corporate debtor provides information in the application under section 10 which is false in material particulars, knowing it to be false and omits any material fact, knowing it to be material; or (b)  any  person  who  knowingly  and  wilfully  authorised  or  permitted  the  furnishing  of  such information under sub-clause (a), such  corporate  debtor  or  person,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  punishable  with  imprisonment  for  a  term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees, but which may extend to one crore rupees, or with both.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and sections 75 and 76, an application shall be deemed to be false in material particulars in case the facts mentioned or omitted in the application, if true, or not omitted from the application as the case may be, would have been sufficient to determine the existence of a default under this Code.

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