Power of Registrar to asses damages against delinquent promoters etc.

(1) Where, in the course of or as a result of an audit under section 79 or an inquiry under section 81 or an inspection under section 82 or section 86 or the winding up of a society, the Registrar is satisfied, on the basis of the report made by the auditor or the person authorised to make inquiry under section 81 or the person authorised to inspect the books under section 82 or section 86 or the Liquidator under section 108 or otherwise, that any person who has taken any part in the organisation or management of the society or any deceased person or any past or present officer of the society has within a period of five years prior to the date of commencement of such audit or date of order for enquiry. inspection or order for winding up, misapplied or retained, or became liable or accountable for any money or property of the society, or has been guilty of misfeasance or breach of trust in relation to the society, the Registrar, or a person authorised by him in that behalf, may frame charges against such person or persons, and after giving a reasonable opportunity to the person concerned, and in the case of a deceased person to his representative who inherits his estate, to answer the charges, make an order requiring him to repay or restore the money or property or any part thereof, with interest at such rate as the Registrar or the person authorsed under this section may determine, or to contribute such sum to the assets of the society by way of compensation in regard to the misapplication, retention, misfeasance or breach of trust,as he may determine. (2) The Registrar, or the person, authorised under sub-section (1), in making any order under this section, may provide therein for the payment of the cost or any part thereof , as he thinks just, and he may direct that such costs or any part thereof shall be recovered from the person against whom the order has been issued. (3) The section shall apply, notwithstanding that the act is one for which the person concerned may be criminally responsible.