Companies Act, 2013
306.
Meeting
of creditors.
1. The company shall
along with the calling of meeting of the company at which the resolution for
the voluntary winding up is to be proposed, cause a meeting of its creditors
either on the same day or on the next day and shall cause a notice of such
meeting to be sent by registered post to the creditors with the notice of the
meeting of the company under section 304.
2. The Board of
Directors of the company shall—
a.
cause
to be presented a full statement of the position of the affairs of the company
together with a list of creditors of the company, if any, copy of declaration
under section 305 and the estimated amount of the claims before such meeting;
and
b.
appoint
one of the directors to preside at the meeting.
1.
2.
3. Where two-thirds in
value of creditors of the company are of the opinion that—
a.
it
is in the interest of all parties that the company be wound up voluntarily, the
company shall be wound up voluntarily; or
b.
the
company may not be able to pay for its debts in full from the proceeds of
assets sold in voluntary winding up and pass a resolution that it shall be in
the interest of all parties if the company is wound up by the Tribunal in
accordance with the provisions of Part I of this Chapter, the company shall
within fourteen days thereafter file an application before the Tribunal.
1.
2.
3.
4. The notice of any
resolution passed at a meeting of creditors in pursuance of this section shall
be given by the company to the Registrar within ten days of the passing
thereof.
5. If a company contravenes
the provisions of this section, the company shall be punishable with fine which
shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to two lakh
rupees and the director of the company who is in default shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which
shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to two lakh
rupees, or with both.