Companies Act, 1956
Sec 450 - Appointment and powers of provisional
liquidator.
(1) At any time after the presentation of a
winding up petition and before the making of a winding up order, the Court may
appoint the Official Liquidator to be liquidator provisionally.
(2) Before appointing a provisional
liquidator, the Court shall give notice to the company and give a reasonable
opportunity to it to make its representations, if any, unless, for special
reasons to be recorded in writing, the Court thinks fit to dispense with such
notice.
(3) Where a provisional liquidator is
appointed by the Court, the Court may limit and restrict his powers by the
order appointing him or by a subsequent order ; but otherwise he shall have the
same powers as a liquidator.
(4) The Official Liquidator shall cease to
hold office as provisional liquidator, and shall become the liquidator, of the
company, on a winding up order being made.