The First Group of PartsCompany Insolvency ; Companies Winding Up
PART IVWinding Up of Companies Registered under the Companies Acts
CHAPTER VIILiquidators
Liquidator's powers and duties
170Enforcement of liquidator's duty to make returns, etc.
1
If a liquidator who has made any default—
a
in filing, delivering or making any return, account or other document, or
b
in giving any notice which he is by law required to file, deliver, make or give,
fails to make good the default within 14 days after the service on him of a notice requiring him to do so, the court has the following powers.
2
On an application made by any creditor or contributory of the company, or by the registrar of companies, the court may make an order directing the liquidator to make good the default within such time as may be specified in the order.
3
The court's order may provide that all costs of and incidental to the application shall be borne by the liquidator.
4
Nothing in this section prejudices the operation of any enactment imposing penalties on a liquidator in respect of any such default as is mentioned above.