244Default order in case of non-compliance
(1)If—
(a)in respect of a company's financial year any of the requirements of section 241(3) has not been complied with before the end of the period allowed for laying and delivering accounts, and
(b)the directors of the company fail to make good the default within 14 days after the service of a notice on them requiring compliance,
the court may, on application by any member or creditor of the company, or by the registrar of companies, make an order directing the directors (or any of them) to make good the default within such time as may be specified in the order.
(2)The court's order may provide that all costs of and incidental to the application shall be borne by the directors.
(3)Nothing in this section prejudices section 243.