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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 No. 50, 2001 - SECT 588W

Recovery of compensation for loss resulting from insolvent trading

(1) Where:

(a)
a corporation has contravened section 588V in relation to the incurring of a debt by a company; and

(b)
the person to whom the debt is owed has suffered loss or damage in relation to the debt because of the company's insolvency; and

(c)
the debt was wholly or partly unsecured when the loss or damage was suffered; and

(d)
the company is being wound up;

the company's liquidator may recover from the corporation, as a debt due to the company, an amount equal to the amount of the loss or damage.

(2) Proceedings under this section may only be begun within 6 years after the beginning of the winding up.



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