The Indian Companies Act 1882, 6 of 1882, (Rep., Act 1 of 1956)

Section 196. Appointment in certain cases of voluntary liquidators to office of official liquidators

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

196. Appointment in certain cases of voluntary liquidators to office of official liquidators. Supplemental Provisions. 197. Dispositions after commencement of winding-up avoided. 198. Books of Company to be evidence. 196. Where an order has been made for the winding-up of a Company subject to the supervision of the Court, and such order is afterwards superseded by an order directing the Company to be wound up compulsorily, the Court may, in such last-mentioned order or in any subsequent order, appoint the voluntary liquidators or any of them, either provisionally or permanently, and either with or without the addition of any other person, to be official liquidators. Supplemental Provisions. Dispositions after commencement of winding-up avoided.

Source: India Code