Statement of affairs to be submitted to administrator
34.—(1) Where an administration order has been made, the administrator shall forthwith require some or all of the persons mentioned in paragraph (3) to make out and submit to him a statement in the prescribed form as to the affairs of the company.
(2) The statement 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 paragraph (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 administration order;
(c)those who are in the company’s employment or have been in its employment within that year, and are in the administrator’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;
and in this paragraph “employment” includes employment under a contract for services.
(4) Where any persons are required under this Article to submit a statement of affairs to the administrator, they shall do so (subject to paragraph (5)) before the expiration of 21 days from the day after that on which the prescribed notice of the requirement is given to them by the administrator.
(5) The administrator, if he thinks fit, may—
(a)at any time release a person from an obligation imposed on him under paragraph (1) or (2), or
(b)either when giving notice under paragraph (4) or subsequently, extend the period so mentioned;
and where the administrator has refused to exercise a power conferred by this paragraph, the High Court, if it thinks fit, may exercise it.
(6) If a person without reasonable excuse contravenes any obligation imposed under this Article, he shall be guilty of an offence and, for continued contravention, he shall be guilty of a continuing offence.