PUBLIC ENTERPRISES REGULATORY COMMISSION ACT

Section 63: Sale of property.

1996Section 63 of 79Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A property against which an order is made under section 61 (2) of this Act shall, with the concurrence of the Commission, be sold by auction or by private contract and the money obtained from the sale shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Where a property is sold under subsection (1) of this section, the Court shall execute an instrument to transfer, conveyor assign the property to the purchaser or in any other way vest the property in the purchaser.
(3) An instrument executed under subsection (2) of this section shall be conclusive proof of the title of the purchaser and shall, where necessary, be a registrable instrument under the various registration laws, without the consent required under sections 21, 22 and 26 of the Land Use Act.
(4) Any money obtained from the sale of properties under subsection (1) of this section shall, within two weeks from the date of sale, be paid to the Commission, after all the recovery expenses have been deducted, to offset the judgment debts and interest thereon, if any.
(5)
If the money obtained from the sale under subsection (1) of this section is not sufficient to offset the judgment debt and interest thereon, the Court may, where the debtor or defendant-
(a)
is an individual, levy execution on the other properties of the debtor or defendant;
(b)
is a body corporate, partnership or other association of individuals, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Companies and Allied Matters Act or any other enactment or law for the time being in force, levy execution on the other proper- ties of the body corporate, partnership or association of individuals.
(6)
Where the Court levies execution under subsection (5) of this section, the properties shall be sold as specified in subsection (1) of this section and the provisions of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section shall apply to the sale and money obtained from the sale.
(7)
If the money obtained from the sale of properties under subsection (6) of this section is still not sufficient to off-set the outstanding judgment debt and interest thereon, the Court may, subject to section 290 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, levy execution on the personal properties of the directors of the body corporate, partners of the partnership or individuals of the association, as the case may be, which shall be sold and applied in satisfaction of the outstanding judgment debt, in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Cite this section

Section 63, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES REGULATORY COMMISSION ACT (1996).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/public-enterprises-regulatory-commission-act/section/63/