Insolvency Act · 2022 Revised Edition · Part 11
237. Summary proceedings
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Summary proceedings for any offence under any of Parts 1 to 7
may be taken against a body corporate at any place at which the body corporate has a place of business, and against any other person at any place at which he is for the time being.
An information relating to such an offence which is triable by a
Court of a Magistrate may be so tried if it is laid at any time within 3 years after the commission of the offence and within 12 months after the date on
Court
“Court”, in relation to a company, means a court having jurisdiction to wind up the company;
Insolvency which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Public Prosecutor or Minister, as the case may be, to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge.
insolvency
“insolvency”, in relation to a company, includes the approval of a voluntary arrangement or the appointment of a judicial manager;
For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the Public
Prosecutor or Minister, as the case may be, as to the date on which such evidence as is mentioned in subsection (2) came to his knowledge is conclusive evidence.
Terms defined in s 3
Court
Defined · s 3“Court”, in relation to a company, means a court having jurisdiction to wind up the company;
insolvency
Defined · s 3“insolvency”, in relation to a company, includes the approval of a voluntary arrangement or the appointment of a judicial manager;