Companies Act, 2013
305.
Declaration
of solvency in case of proposal to wind up voluntarily.
1. Where it is proposed
to wind up a company voluntarily, its director or directors, or in case the
company has more than two directors, the majority of its directors, shall, at a
meeting of the Board, make a declaration verified by an affidavit to the effect
that they have made a full inquiry into the affairs of the company and they
have formed an opinion that the company has no debt or whether it will be able
to pay its debts in full from the proceeds of assets sold in voluntary winding
up.
2. A declaration made
under sub-section (1 ) shall have no effect for the purposes of this Act,
unless—
a.
it
is made within five weeks immediately preceding the date of the passing of the
resolution for winding up the company and it is delivered to the Registrar for
registration before that date;
b.
it
contains a declaration that the company is not being wound up to defraud any
person or persons;
c.
it
is accompanied by a copy of the report of the auditors of the company prepared
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, on the profit and loss account
of the company for the period commencing from the date up to which the last
such account was prepared and ending with the latest practicable date immediately
before the making of the declaration and the balance sheet of the company made
out as on that date which would also contain a statement of the assets and
liabilities of the company on that date; and
d.
where
there are any assets of the company, it is accompanied by a report of the
valuation of the assets of the company prepared by a registered valuer.
1.
2.
3. Where the company is
wound up in pursuance of a resolution passed within a period of five weeks
after the making of the declaration, but its debts are not paid or provided for
in full, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, that the director
or directors did not have reasonable grounds for his or their opinion under
sub-section (1 ).
4. Any director of a
company making a declaration under this section without having reasonable
grounds for the opinion that the company will be able to pay its debts in full
from the proceeds of assets sold in voluntary winding up shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which
may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than fifty
thousand rupees but which may extend to three lakh rupees, or with both.