Rule 274 - Application for examination - Limited Liability Partnership (Winding up and Dissolution) Rules, 2010

Application for examination 274. (1) The Central Government may at any time require any liquidator of an LLP which is being wound-up by the Tribunal to answer any inquiry in relation to any winding up in which he is engaged, and may, if the Central Government thinks fit, apply to the Tribunal to examine him or any other person on oath concerning the winding up. (2) If it appears to the liquidator in the course of a voluntary winding up that any past or present officer, or any member, of the LLP has been guilty of any offence in relation to the LLP, he shall forthwith report the matter to the Registrar and shall furnish to him such information and give to him such access to and facilities for inspecting and taking copies of any books and papers, being information or books and papers in the possession or under the control of the liquidator and relating to the matter in question, as the Registrar may require. (3) Where any report is made under sub-rule (2) to the Registrar, he may, if he thinks fit, refer the matter to the Central Government for further inquiry. The Central Government shall thereupon investigate the matter and may, if it thinks it expedient, apply to the Tribunal for an order conferring on any person designated by the Central Government for the purpose, with respect to the LLP concerned, all such powers of investigating the affairs of the LLP as are provided by this Act in the case of a winding up by the Tribunal.