Companies Act, 1956
Sec 503 - Appointment of committee of inspection.
(1) The creditors at the meeting to be held in
pursuance of section 500 or at any subsequent meeting may, if they think fit,
appoint a committee of inspection consisting of not more than five persons.
(2) If such a committee is appointed, the
company may, either at the meeting at which the resolution for voluntary
winding up is passed or at any subsequent general meeting, appoint such number
of persons (not exceeding five) as they think fit to act as members of the
committee :
Provided that the creditors may, if they think
fit, resolve that all or any of the persons so appointed by the company ought
not to be members of the committee of inspection.
(3) If the creditors so resolve, the persons
mentioned in the resolution shall not, unless the Court otherwise directs, be
qualified to act as members of the committee.
(4) On any application to the Court for a
direction under sub-section (3), the Court may, if it thinks fit, appoint other
persons to act as members of the committee of inspection in the place of the
persons mentioned in the creditors' resolution.
(5) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections
(1) to (4) and to such rules as may be made by the Central Government, the
provisions of section 465 (except sub-section (1) thereof) shall apply with
respect to a committee of inspection appointed under this section as they apply
with respect to a committee of inspection appointed in a winding up by the
Court.