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Under s.206(1), who may serve a notice seeking further information from a company?Read the answer and worked solution →Before serving a notice to produce books under s.206(3), the Registrar must record what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the maximum fine on a company for failing to furnish information under s.206(7)?Read the answer and worked solution →Officers of a company run for a fraudulent purpose (s.206(4)) are punishable under which section?Read the answer and worked solution →Under s.206(5), who carries out a direct inspection of a company's books ordered by the Central Government?Read the answer and worked solution →Under s.206(6), a statutory authority may be authorised to do what?Read the answer and worked solution →During an inspection under s.207(2), what may the Registrar place in the books to show the inspection was made?Read the answer and worked solution →Under s.207(3), a Registrar has civil court powers under which Code?Read the answer and worked solution →A director who disobeys a Registrar's direction under s.207(4) faces imprisonment of up to how long?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the minimum fine for disobeying an inspector's direction under s.207(4)(i)?Read the answer and worked solution →A director convicted under s.207 is deemed, from the date of conviction, to have done what?Read the answer and worked solution →Before searching and seizing books under s.209, the Registrar must obtain an order from whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Books seized under s.209(2) must be returned not later than which day after seizure?Read the answer and worked solution →Searches and seizures under s.209 follow which Code, mutatis mutandis?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a ground for the Central Government to order an investigation under s.210(1)?Read the answer and worked solution →A Tribunal orders that a company's affairs be investigated. What must the Centre do (s.210(2))?Read the answer and worked solution →Under s.210(3), whom does the Central Government appoint to investigate a company's affairs?Read the answer and worked solution →Section 211 provides for establishing which body to investigate frauds relating to a company?Read the answer and worked solution →Under s.211(3), the SFIO Director must be an officer not below what rank?Read the answer and worked solution →Which field of expertise is listed in s.211(2) for SFIO experts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ground for assigning a case to SFIO under s.212(1) is absent from s.210(1)?Read the answer and worked solution →Once a case goes to SFIO under s.212(2), what must other agencies do?Read the answer and worked solution →An SFIO Investigating Officer has the powers of an inspector under which section (s.212(4))?Read the answer and worked solution →Before bail for an offence under s.212(6), who must be given a chance to oppose the application?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the provisos to s.212(6), who may be released on bail if the Special Court so directs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Special Court takes cognizance of s.212(6) offences only on a written complaint by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Before SFIO arrests a person under s.212(8), what must be recorded in writing?Read the answer and worked solution →A person arrested under s.212(8) must be taken to a Magistrate within how long?Read the answer and worked solution →When must SFIO submit an interim report under s.212(11)?Read the answer and worked solution →Who may direct SFIO to initiate prosecution after examining its investigation report (s.212(14))?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Under s.206(1), who may serve a notice seeking further information from a company?

  1. The auditor
  2. The Registrar
  3. The Board
  4. The Tribunal
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Correct answer: B. The Registrar

Section 206(1) empowers the Registrar, on scrutiny of a filed document, to require further information or explanation by written notice.

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Before serving a notice to produce books under s.206(3), the Registrar must record what?

  1. A Tribunal order
  2. His reasons in writing
  3. An oral intimation
  4. A Board consent
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Correct answer: B. His reasons in writing

The proviso to s.206(3) bars the Registrar from serving the notice unless he has first recorded his reasons in writing.

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What is the maximum fine on a company for failing to furnish information under s.206(7)?

  1. Rs 10,000
  2. Rs 1 lakh
  3. Rs 50,000
  4. Rs 5 lakh
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Correct answer: B. Rs 1 lakh

Section 206(7) fixes the fine for the company and each officer in default at up to one lakh rupees.

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