# The Companies Act, 2013, Section 344: Statement that company is in liquidation

- Act: The Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013)
- In force from: 2014-04-01
- Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/companies-act/section/344/

## Text

(1) Where a company is being wound up, whether by the Tribunal or voluntarily, every invoice, order for goods or business letter issued by or on behalf of the company or a Company Liquidator of the company, or a receiver or manager of the property of the company, being a document on or in which the name of the company appears, shall contain a statement that the company is being wound up. (2) If a company contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), the company, and every officer of the company, the Company Liquidator and any receiver or manager, who wilfully authorises or permits the non-compliance, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to three lakh rupees.

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