INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2018
THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA (LIQUIDATION PROCESS) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2018
No. IBBI/2018-19/GN/REG037 -In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (t) of subsection (1) of section 196 read with section 240 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016, namely: –
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations), for regulation 32, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: –
“32. Sale of Assets, etc. The liquidator may sell-
(a) an asset on a standalone basis;
(b) the assets in a slump sale;
(c) a set of assets collectively;
(d) the assets in parcels;
(e) the corporate debtor as a going concern; or
(f) the business(s) of the corporate debtor as a going concern: Provided that where an asset is subject to security interest, it shall not be sold under any of the clauses (a) to (f) unless the security interest therein has been relinquished to the liquidation estate.”.
3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 34, in sub-regulation (2), for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: –
“(b) value of the assets or business(s) under clauses (b) to (f) of regulation 32, valued in accordance with regulation
35, if intended to be sold under those clauses;”.
4. In the principal regulations, for regulation 35, the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: –
“35. Valuation of assets or business intended to be sold.
(1) Where the valuation has been conducted under regulation 35 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 or regulation 34 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Fast Track Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2017, as the case may be, the liquidator shall consider the average of the estimates of the values arrived under those provisions for the purposes of valuations under these regulations.
(2) In cases not covered under sub-regulation (1), the liquidator shall within seven days of the liquidation commencement date, appoint two registered valuers to determine the realisable value of the assets or businesses under clauses (a) to (f) of regulation 32 of the corporate debtor:
Provided that the following persons shall not be appointed as registered valuers, namely:-
(a) a relative of the liquidator;
(b) a related party of the corporate debtor;
(c) an auditor of the corporate debtor at any time during the five years preceding the insolvency commencement date; or
(d) a partner or director of the insolvency professional entity of which the liquidator is a partner or director.
(3) The Registered Valuers appointed under sub-regulation (2) shall independently submit to the liquidator the estimates of realisable value of the assets or businesses, as the case may be, computed in accordance with the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017, after physical verification of the assets of the corporate debtor.
(4) The average of two estimates received under sub-regulation (3) shall be taken as the value of the assets or businesses.”.
5. In the principal regulations, in regulation 40, in the Explanation occurring at the end, after the words “parcel of assets,” the word “, business” shall be inserted.
6. In the principal regulations, in Schedule II, – (a) for Form B, the following Form shall be substituted, namely: –
(Dr. M. S. Sahoo)
Chairperson
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
