Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001

Amendment of section 319 of Act of 1963.

52.—Section 319 of the Act of 1963 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following after subsection (2):

“(2A) Where a receiver ceases to act as receiver of the property of the company, the abstract under subsection (2) shall be accompanied by a statement from the receiver of his opinion as to whether or not the company is solvent and the registrar shall, on receiving the statement, forward a copy of it to the Director.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (7):

“(7) Where the registrar of companies becomes aware of the appointment of a receiver under this section, he shall forthwith inform the Director of the appointment.

(8) If the receiver makes default in complying with this section, he shall be guilty of an offence.”.