Companies Act 2014
Court may make order in relation to default in production of books or documents, etc. | ||
757. (1) The court may make any order or give any direction it thinks fit if— | ||
(a) an officer or agent of a company or related body corporate under investigation or a person referred to in section 754 refuses or fails within a reasonable time to— | ||
(i) produce to the inspectors any book or document that it is that person's duty under sections 753 to 755 to produce; | ||
(ii) attend before the inspectors when required to do so; or | ||
(iii) answer a question put to that person by the inspectors with respect to the affairs of the company or other body corporate as the case may be; | ||
(b) the inspectors have certified the refusal or failure to the court in a certificate signed by them; and | ||
(c) the court has taken the steps set out in subsection (2). | ||
(2) The court may make an order or give a direction under subsection (1) if the court has— | ||
(a) enquired into the case; | ||
(b) heard any witnesses who may be produced against or on behalf of the person alleged to be in default; and | ||
(c) heard any statement made in that person's defence. | ||
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the court may, after a hearing under subsection (2), direct that the person concerned— | ||
(a) attend or re-attend before the inspectors or produce particular books or documents or answer particular questions put to that person by the inspectors; or | ||
(b) need not produce a particular book or document or answer a particular question put to that person by the inspectors. |