On and after the insolvency commencement date, where any person destroys, mutilates, alters or falsifies any books, papers or securities, or makes or is in the knowledge of making of any false or fraudulent entry in any register, books of account or document belonging to the corporate debtor with intent to defraud or deceive any person, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to five years, or with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees, but may extend to one crore rupees, or with both.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Application.Section 3 · Definitions.Section 4 · Application of this Part.Section 5 · Definitions.Section 6 · Persons who may initiate corporate insolvency resolution process.Section 7 · Initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process by financial creditor.Section 8 · Insolvency resolution by operational creditor.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 09 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2024-07-25. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.