Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Provisions Applicable in Judicial Management and Winding Up
236. Penalty for destruction, falsification, etc., of books
Feedback & supportEvery officer or contributory of any company which is in judicial management or is being wound up who destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies any books, papers or securities, or makes or is privy to the making of any false or fraudulent entry in any register or book of account or document belonging to the company with intent to defraud or deceive any person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
officer
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director or secretary of the corporation, or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)a liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)a receiver who is not also a manager;(e)a receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)a liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7;