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Record or evidence of default by financial creditor in Insolvency Resolution Process

Record or evidence of default by financial creditor in Insolvency Resolution Process
 
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
 
NOTIFICATION
 
New Delhi, the 13th November, 2020

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2020.

No. IBBI/2020-21/GN/REG066. —In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (t) of sub-section (1) of section 196 read with section 240 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016, namely: –
 
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2020.
 
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
 
2. In the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations), after regulation 2, the following regulation shall be inserted, namely:-

“2A. Record or evidence of default by financial creditor.

For the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 7 of the Code, the financial creditor may furnish any of the following record or evidence of default, namely:-
 
(a) certified copy of entries in the relevant account in the bankers’ book as defined in clause (3) of section 2 of the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891 (18 of 1891);
 
(b) an order of a court or tribunal that has adjudicated upon the non-payment of a debt, where the period of appeal against such order has expired.”.
 
3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 13, in sub-regulation (2), after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: –
 
“(ca) filed on the electronic platform of the Board for dissemination on its website:
 
Provided that this clause shall apply to every corporate insolvency resolution process ongoing and commencing on or after the date of commencement of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2020;”.
 
4. In the principal regulations, in regulation 39, after sub-regulation (5), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely: –
 
“(5A) The resolution professional shall, within fifteen days of the order of the Adjudicating Authority approving a resolution plan, intimate each claimant, the principle or formulae, as the case may be, for payment of debts under such resolution plan:
 
Provided that this sub-regulation shall apply to every corporate insolvency resolution process ongoing and commencing on or after the date of commencement of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2020;”.
 
Dr. M. S. SAHOO , Chairperson
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./347/2020-21]
 
Note: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 were published vide notification No. IBBI/2016-17/GN/REG004, dated 30thNovember, 2016 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 432 on 30thNovember, 2016 and were last amended by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2020 abcaus.in published vide notification No. IBBI/2020-21/GN/REG064, dated the 7th August, 2020 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, No. 317 on 7thAugust, 2020.
 
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