Agreements with foreign countries
Section 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 deals with agreements with foreign countries. The Central Government may enter into an agreement with the Government of any country outside India for enforcing the provisions of this Code. The Act was enacted on 28 May 2016.
(1) The Central Government may enter into an agreement with the Government of any country outside India for enforcing the provisions of this Code.
(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the application of provisions of this Code in relation to assets or property of corporate debtor or debtor, including a personal guarantor of a corporate debtor, as the case may be, situated at any place in a country outside India with which reciprocal arrangements have been made, shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified.
Section 234, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Act 31 of 2016).
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Questions about Section 234
What does Section 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code deal with?
Section 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is headed "Agreements with foreign countries". The Central Government may enter into an agreement with the Government of any country outside India for enforcing the provisions of this Code.
How do I find court cases under Section 234 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 234, section 234 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, section 234 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 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there is one: most recently Commencement of Section for Voluntary Liquidation (S-59) and Information Utilities (209-2016) And S-234, 235 (Agreement with foreign Countries) under IBC, 2016 (2017).
When was Section 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code enacted?
Section 234 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, cited as Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 234, 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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