Companies Act, 1956
Sec 445 - Copy of winding up order to be filed with
Registrar.
(1) On the making of a winding up order, it
shall be the duty of the petitioner in the winding up proceedings and of the
company to file with the Registrar a certified copy of the order, within thirty
days from the date of the making of the order. If default is made in complying
with the foregoing provision, the petitioner, or as the case may require, the
company, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for each day
during which the default continues.
(1A) In computing the period of thirty days
from the date of the making of a winding up order under sub-section (1), the
time requisite for obtaining a certified copy of the order shall be excluded.
(2) On the filing of a certified copy of the
winding up order, the Registrar shall make a minute thereof in his books
relating to the company, and shall notify in the Official Gazette that such an
order has been made.
(3) Such order shall be deemed to be notice of
discharge to the officers and employees of the company, except when the
business of the company is continued.