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(1)Where a receiver of a company is appointed, the receiver shall forthwith require some or all of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) below to make out and submit to him a statement in the prescribed form as to the affairs of the company.
(2)A statement submitted under this section shall be verified by affidavit by the persons required to submit it and shall show—
(a)particulars of the company's assets, debts and liabilities ;
(b)the names and addresses of its creditors;
(c)the securities held by them respectively;
(d)the dates when the securities were respectively given; and
(e)such further or other information as may be prescribed.
(3)The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a)those who are or have been officers of the company ;
(b)those who have taken part in the company's formation at any time within one year before the date of the appointment of the receiver;
(c)those who are in the company's employment or have been in its employment within that year, and are in the receiver's opinion capable of giving the information required;
(d)those who are or have been within that year officers of or in the employment of a company which is, or within that year was, an officer of the company.
In this subsection " employment " includes employment under a contract for services.
(5)The receiver, if he thinks fit, may—
(a)at any time release a person from an obligation imposed on him under subsection (1) or (2), or
(b)either when giving the notice mentioned in subsection (4) or subsequently extend the period so mentioned,
and where the receiver has refused to exercise a power conferred by this subsection, the court, if it thinks fit, may exercise it.
(6)If a person without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any obligation imposed under this section, he is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention to a daily default fine.
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