ASIC may bring civil proceedings
275 ASIC may bring civil proceedings
If, as a result of an investigation or from a record of an examination (being an investigation or examination conducted under this Chapter), it appears to ASIC to be in the public interest for a person to bring and carry on proceedings (other than proceedings under the Commonwealth credit legislation) for:
the recovery of damages for fraud, negligence, default, breach of duty, or other misconduct, committed in connection with a matter to which the investigation or examination related; or
recovery of property of the person;
ASIC:
if the person is a company (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001)—may cause; or
otherwise—may, with the person’s written consent, cause;
such proceedings to be begun and carried on in the person’s name.
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