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Section 17: Management of affairs of corporate debtor by interim resolution professional.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.Central Act · Act 31 of 2016

(1) From the date of appointment of the interim resolution professional,---

(a) the management of the affairs of the corporate debtor shall vest in the interim resolution professional;

(b) the powers of the board of directors or the partners of the corporate debtor, as the case may be, shall stand suspended and be exercised by the interim resolution professional;

(c) the officers and managers of the corporate debtor shall report to the interim resolution professional and provide access to such documents and records of the corporate debtor as may be required by the interim resolution professional;

(d) the financial institutions maintaining accounts of the corporate debtor shall act on the instructions of the interim resolution professional in relation to such accounts and furnish all information relating to the corporate debtor available with them to the interim resolution professional.

(2) The interim resolution professional vested with the management of the corporate debtor shall---

(a) act and execute in the name and on behalf of the corporate debtor all deeds, receipts, and other documents, if any;

(b) take such actions, in the manner and subject to such restrictions, as may be specified by the Board;

(c) have the authority to access the electronic records of corporate debtor from information utility having financial information of the corporate debtor;

(d) have the authority to access the books of account, records and other relevant documents of corporate debtor available with government authorities, statutory auditors, accountants and such other persons as [may be specified; and].

[(e) be responsible for complying with the requirements under any law for the time being in force on behalf of the corporate debtor.].

Where this provision sits

ActThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Section17
Marginal noteManagement of affairs of corporate debtor by interim resolution professional.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it10

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 26 of 2018. Subs. by Act 26 of 2018, s. 13, for "may be specified" (w.e.f. 6-6-2018).
  • inserted. Ins. by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 6-6-2018)

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