Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION  

PART 5.2 - RECEIVERS, AND OTHER CONTROLLERS, OF PROPERTY OF CORPORATIONS  

Note: This Part applies to CCIVs with modifications: see Division 3 of Part 8B.6 .

SECTION 434   ENFORCING CONTROLLER ' S DUTY TO MAKE RETURNS  

434(1)    
If a controller of property of a corporation:

(a)    who has made default in making or lodging any return, account or other document or in giving any notice required by law fails to make good the default within 14 days after the service on the controller, by any member or creditor of the corporation or trustee for debenture holders, of a notice requiring the controller to do so; or

(b)    who has become a controller of property of the corporation otherwise than by being appointed a receiver of such property by a court and who has, after being required at any time by the liquidator of the corporation so to do, failed to render proper accounts of, and to vouch, the controller ' s receipts and payments and to pay over to the liquidator the amount properly payable to the liquidator;

the Court may make an order directing the controller to make good the default within such time as is specified in the order.


434(2)    
An application under subsection (1) may be made:

(a)    if paragraph (1)(a) applies - by a member or creditor of the corporation or by a trustee for debenture holders; and

(b)    if paragraph (1)(b) applies - by the liquidator of the corporation.


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