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(1) If in the course of winding up of a company, it appears that any person who has taken part in the promotion or formation of the company, or any person, who is or has been a director, manager, Company Liquidator or officer of the company–<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(a) has misapplied, or retained, or become liable or accountable for, any money or property of the company; or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(b) has been guilty of any misfeasance or breach of trust in relation to the company,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the Tribunal may, on the application of the Official Liquidator, or the Company Liquidator, or of any creditor or contributory, made within the period specified in that behalf in sub-section (2), inquire into the conduct of the person, director, manager, Company Liquidator or officer aforesaid, and order him to repay or restore the money or property or any part thereof respectively, with interest at such rate as the Tribunal considers just and proper, or to contribute such sum to the assets of the company by way of compensation in respect of the misapplication, retainer, misfeasance or breach of trust, as the Tribunal considers just and proper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(2) An application under sub-section (1) shall be made within five years from the date of the winding up order, or of the first appointment of the Company Liquidator in the winding up, or of the misapplication, retainer, misfeasance or breach of trust, as the case may be, whichever is longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(3) This section shall apply, notwithstanding that the matter is one for which the person concerned may be criminally liable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(1) If in the course of winding up of a company, it appears that any person who has taken part in the promotion or formation of the company, or any person, who is or has been a director, manager, Company Liquidator or officer of the company– (a) has misapplied, or retained, or become liable or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79763,"parent":79755,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11445],"tags":[1007],"acf":{"service_id":"215"},"yoast_head":"\nSection 340. Power Of Tribunal To Assess Damages Against Delinquent Directors, Etc - Enterslice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Section 340's authority, enabling tribunals to evaluate damages against delinquent directors. Navigate legal implications efficiently with expert insights.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/act\/companies-act-2013\/section-340\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 340. Power Of Tribunal To Assess Damages Against Delinquent Directors, Etc - Enterslice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore Section 340's authority, enabling tribunals to evaluate damages against delinquent directors. Navigate legal implications efficiently with expert insights.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/act\/companies-act-2013\/section-340\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Enterslice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/enterslice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"enterslice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-27T10:19:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Companies-Act-2013-ENTERSLICE.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@enterslice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@enterslice\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/act\/81505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/act"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/act"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/act\/81505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81507,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/act\/81505\/revisions\/81507"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/act\/79755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}