289. Liquidator’s statements under rule 56.

In a voluntary winding-up or a winding- up under the supervision of the Tribunal, the statements required to be filed under Rule 56 with respect to the proceedings in and position of the liquidation of an LLP the winding up of which is not concluded within a year after its commencement, shall be filed with the Registrar twice in every year as follows:-

 (1) The first statement, commencing from the date when a liquidator was first appointed and brought down to the end of twelve months from the commencement of the winding up shall be filed within one month from the expiration of such twelve months, and subsequent statements shall be filed at intervals of half a year, each statement being brought down to the end of the half year for which it is filed. Where the winding up is concluded before the expiration of a half-yearly interval, the final statement of account brought down to the close of the winding-up shall be filed forthwith.

 (2) Where the time for filing the statement has expired the Tribunal may on application extend the time, and unless the Tribunal otherwise orders, the costs of such application shall be borne by the liquidator personally.

 (3) The statements shall be in Form No. 15 (with such variations as may be necessary in the case of the final account) and shall be prepared in accordance with the instructions contained in the Form and verified by an affidavit.

 (4) Where the liquidator has not, during any period for which the statement has to be filed, received or paid any money on account of the LLP, he shall, at the period when he is required to file his statement, file with the Registrar the prescribed statement in the above Form No. 15, containing the particulars therein required with respect to the proceedings in and the position of the liquidation together with an affidavit of no receipt or payments.

 (5) Every statement shall be filed in duplicate with the Registrar, and, in a winding up under the supervision of the Tribunal, a copy of the statement shall also be filed in the Tribunal, within the time prescribed in clause (1) above.