Company Law Enforcement Act, 2001

Amendment of section 371 of Act of 1963.

96.—Section 371 of the Act of 1963 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion after “by any member or creditor of the company” of “, by the Director”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the insertion after “penalties” of “(including restriction under section 150, or disqualification under section 160, of the Companies Act, 1990 )”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following after subsection (3)—

“(4) In this section, ‘officer of a company' and cognate words include a director, a shadow director, an officer, a promoter, a receiver, a liquidator or an auditor of a company.”.