Companies Act, 1956
Sec 496 - Duty of liquidator to call general meeting at
the end of each year.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 498,
in the event of the winding up continuing for more than one year, the
liquidator shall -
(a) call a general meeting of the company at
the end of the first year from the commencement of the winding up, and at the
end of each succeeding year, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient within
three months from the end of the year or such longer period as the Central Government
may allow ; and
(b) lay before the meeting an account of his
acts and dealings and of the conduct of the winding up during the preceding
year, together with a statement in the prescribed form and containing the
prescribed particulars with respect to the proceedings in, and position of, the
liquidation.
(2) If the liquidator fails to comply with
sub-section (1), he shall be punishable, in respect of each failure, with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees.