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Section 211: False representations to creditors.

Insolvency Act 1986 · 1986 c. 45View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: Winding Up of Companies Registered under the Companies Acts — Chapter X: Malpractice before and during Liquidation; Penalisation of Companies and Company Officers; Investigations and Prosecutions

When a company is being wound up, whether by the court or voluntarily, any person, being a past or present officer of the company—

commits an offence if he makes any false representation or commits any other fraud for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the company's creditors or any of them to an agreement with reference to the company's affairs or to the winding up, and
is deemed to have committed that offence if, prior to the winding up, he has made any false representation, or committed any other fraud, for that purpose.

For purposes of this section, "officer" includes a shadow director.

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to imprisonment or a fine, or both.

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