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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Show cause notice to insolvency professional agency or its member or information utility

In force Act 31 of 2016 As on 15 Oct 2026

Act 31 of 2016 Ministry Corporate Affairs Enacted 28 May 2016 Cited by 1 provision Instruments 3

Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 deals with show cause notice to insolvency professional agency or its member or information utility. The Board may, upon completion of an inspection or investigation under section 218, issue a show cause notice to such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or information utility, and carry out inspection of such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or inform The Act was enacted on 28 May 2016.

The Board may, upon completion of an inspection or investigation under section 218, issue a show cause notice to such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or information utility, and carry out inspection of such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or information utility in such manner, giving such time for giving reply, as may be specified by regulations.

Section 219, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016).

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Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 218 Investigation of insolvency professional agency or its member or information utility

Referred to by 1

  1. s. 240 Power to make regulations

Made under this section, and citing it

3 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.

All subordinate legislation

Questions about Section 219

What does Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code deal with?

Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is headed "Show cause notice to insolvency professional agency or its member or information utility". The Board may, upon completion of an inspection or investigation under section 218, issue a show cause notice to such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or information utility, and carry out inspection of such insolvency professional agency or insolvency professional or inform

How do I find court cases under Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 219, section 219 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 218 (Investigation of insolvency professional agency or its member or information utility), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 3: most recently Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Professional Agencies) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (2022), then Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Inspection and Investigation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (2022), and 1 more.

When was Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code enacted?

Section 219 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, cited as Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 219, was enacted on 28 May 2016 as Act 31 of 2016. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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