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Companies Act, 2013, Section 337

Penalty for Frauds by Officers

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Companies Act, 2013, Section 337 is part of Companies Act, 2013, - Penalty for Frauds by Officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

If any person, being at the time of the commission of the alleged offence an officer of a company which is subsequently ordered to be wound up by the Tribunal or which subsequently passes a resolution for voluntary winding up,--

(a) has, by false pretences or by means of any other fraud, induced any person to give credit to the company;

(b) with intent to defraud creditors of the company or any other person, has made or caused to be made any gift or transfer of, or charge on, or has caused or connived at the levying of any execution against, the property of the company; or

(c) with intent to defraud creditors of the company, has concealed or removed any part of the property of the company since the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money obtained against the company or within two months before that date,

he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years and with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to three lakh rupees.

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What does Companies Act, 2013, Section 337 provide?

Section Section 337 of the Companies Act, 2013, (Penalty for Frauds by Officers) is reproduced on this page as part of the Companies Act, 2013,. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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