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Section 344: Statement that company is in liquidation.

The Companies Act, 2013Central Act · Act 18 of 2013

(1) Where a company is being wound up, whether by the Tribunal or voluntarily, every invoice, order for goods or business letter issued by or on behalf of the company or a Company Liquidator of the company, or a receiver or manager of the property of the company, being a document on or in which the name of the company appears, shall contain a statement that the company is being wound up.

(2) If a company contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), the company, and every officer of the company, the Company Liquidator and any receiver or manager, who wilfully authorises or permits the non-compliance, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to three lakh rupees.

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ActThe Companies Act, 2013
Section344
Marginal noteStatement that company is in liquidation.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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