Companies Act, 1956
Sec 371 - Penalty for contravention of section 369, 370 or
370A.
(1) Every person who is a party to any
contravention of section 370 excluding sub-section (1C) or (1D), or
section 370A including in particular any person to whom the loan is made, or in
whose interest the guarantee is given or the security is provided, shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with simple
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months:
Provided that where any such loan, or any loan
in connection with which any such guarantee or security has been given or
provided by the lending company, has been repaid in full, no punishment by way
of imprisonment shall be imposed under this sub-section; and where the loan has
been repaid in part, the maximum punishment which may be imposed under this
sub-section by way of imprisonment shall be proportionately reduced.
(2) All persons who are knowingly parties to
any such contravention shall be liable, jointly and severally, to the lending
company for the repayment of the loan, or for making good the sum which the
lending company may have been called upon to pay in virtue of the guarantee given
or the security provided by such company.