Companies Act, 1956
Sec 540 - Penalty for frauds by officers.
If any person, being at the time of the commission of the
alleged offence an officer of a company which is subsequently ordered to be
wound up by the Court or which subsequently passes a resolution for voluntary
winding up,
(a) has, by false pretences or by means of any
other fraud, induced any person to give credit to the company ; or
(b) with intent to defraud creditors of the
company, has made or caused to be made any gift or transfer of or charge on, or
has caused or connived at the levying of any execution against, the property of
the company ; or
(c) with intent to defraud creditors of the
company, has concealed or removed any part of the property of the company since
the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money obtained
against the company, or within two months before that date ;
he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine.