IBBI Notifies Amendments To Insolvency Professional Regulations

The following clauses have been inserted in the Insolvency Professional Regulations:

1. Clause 8B: Insolvency professional shall disclose his relationship, if any, with the corporate debtor, other professionals engaged by him, financial creditors, interim finance providers, and prospective resolution applicants to the insolvency professional agency of which he is a member, within the specified time period.
2. Clause 8C: An insolvency professional shall ensure disclosure of the relationship, if any, of the other professionals engaged by him with himself, the corporate debtor, the financial creditor, the interim finance provider, if any, and the prospective resolution applicant, to the insolvency professional agency of which he is a member, within the time specified.
3. Clause 15A: An insolvency professional shall prominently state in all his communications to a stakeholder, his name, address, e-mail, registration number and validity of authorisation for assignment, if any, issued by the insolvency professional agency of which he is a member.
4. Clause 25B: An insolvency professional shall raise bills or invoices in his name towards his fees, and such fees shall be paid to him through banking channel.
5. Clause 25C: An insolvency professional shall ensure that the insolvency professional entity or the professional engaged by him raises bills or invoices in their own name towards their fees, and such fees shall be paid to them through banking channel.
6. Clause 27A: An insolvency professional shall, while undertaking assignment or conducting processes, exercise reasonable care and diligence and take all necessary steps to ensure that the corporate person complies with the applicable laws.
7. Clause 27B: An insolvency professional shall not include any amount towards any loss, including penalty, if any, in the insolvency resolution process cost or liquidation cost, incurred on account of non-compliance of any provision of the laws applicable on the corporate person while conducting the insolvency resolution process, fast track insolvency resolution process, liquidation process or voluntary liquidation process, under the Code.

Notification No. IBBI/2022-23/GN/REG088

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