Companies Act, 1990

Relief for a company in respect of prohibited transactions.

157.—(1) The court may, if it deems it just and equitable to do so, grant relief to a company to which section 155 applies in respect of any act or omission which, by virtue of that section, contravened a provision of the Companies Acts or to any person adversely affected thereby, on whatever terms and conditions the court sees fit, including exemption from any such provision.

(2) Relief shall not be granted to the company where the person referred to in section 155 (1) complied with subsection (5) of that section.