Companies Act, 2013
294.
Audit
of Company Liquidator's accounts.
1. The Company
Liquidator shall maintain proper and regular books of account including
accounts of receipts and payments made by him in such form and manner as may be
prescribed.
2. The Company
Liquidator shall, at such times as may be prescribed but not less than twice in
each year during his tenure of office, present to the Tribunal an account of
the receipts and payments as such liquidator in the prescribed form in
duplicate, which shall be verified by a declaration in such form and manner as
may be prescribed.
3. The Tribunal shall
cause the accounts to be audited in such manner as it thinks fit, and for the
purpose of the audit, the Company Liquidator shall furnish to the Tribunal with
such vouchers and information as the Tribunal may require, and the Tribunal
may, at any time, require the production of, and inspect, any books of account
kept by the Company Liquidator.
4. When the accounts of
the company have been audited, one copy thereof shall be filed by the Company Liquidator
with the Tribunal, and the other copy shall be delivered to the Registrar which
shall be open to inspection by any creditor, contributory or person interested.
5. Where an account
referred to in sub-section (4 ) relates to a Government company, the Company
Liquidator shall forward a copy thereof—
a.
to
the Central Government, if that Government is a member of the Government
company; or
b.
to
any State Government, if that Government is a member of the Government company;
or
c.
to
the Central Government and any State Government, if both the Governments are
members of the Government company.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. The Company
Liquidator shall cause the accounts when audited, or a summary thereof, to be
printed, and shall send a printed copy of the accounts or summary thereof by post
to every creditor and every contributory:
Provided
that the Tribunal may dispense with the compliance of the provisions of this
sub-section in any case it deems fit.