Act Number: 40

Act Name: The Chit Funds Act, 1982

Year: 1982

Enactment Date: 1982-08-19

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of chit funds and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 50: Bar to winding up proceedings.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 48 and 49, no petition for the winding up of a chit shall be entertained by the Registrar,--
         (a) if proceedings relating to insolvency are pending against the foreman; or
         (b) where the foreman is a firm, if proceedings relating to insolvency are pending against all the partners or all the partners except one thereof, or proceedings for the dissolution of the firm are pending; or
         (c) where the foreman is a company or co-operative society, if proceedings for the winding up of such company or co-operative society are pending.
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