Section 17: Power to raise loans

1)Where the inquiry officer considers the need for any amount to keep on the company or operate the ordinary transactions of the company, the inquiry officer may borrow loans from any person, with or without furnishing necessary security.

2) Any loans borrowed pursuant to sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be the amount spent during the period of inquiry into insolvency proceedings, and such amount shall be paid in order of priority as provided in this Act.

Provided that where the security furnished by the company to borrow a loan has already been furnished as a security with any person, the order of priority shall not apply in relation to the claim for security except in the case where the inquiry official has made an agreement of a person entitled to claim the same.