law: 5. After section 29 of the principalAct, the following section shall be inserted, namely:
  "29A. A person shall not be eligible to submit a resolution plan, if such person, or any other person acting jointly or in concert with such person
  (a) is an undischarged insolvent;
  (b) is a wilful defaulter in accordance with the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India issued under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;
  (c) has an account, or an account of a corporate debtor under the management or control of such person or of whom such person is a promoter, classified asnon-performing asset in accordance with the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India issued under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and at least a period of one year has lapsed from the date of such classification till the date of commencement of the corporate insolvency resolution process of the corporate debtor:
  Provided that the person shall be eligible to submit a resolution plan if such person makes payment of all overdue amounts with interest thereon and charges relating tonon-performing asset accounts before submission of resolution plan;
  (d) has been convicted for any offence punishable with imprisonment for two years or more;
  (e) is disqualified to act as a director under the Companies Act, 2013;
  (f) is prohibited by the Securities and Exchange Board of India from trading in securities or accessing the securities markets;
  (g) has been a promoter or in the management or control of a corporate debtor in which a preferential transaction, undervalued transaction, extortionate credit transaction or fraudulent transaction has taken place and in respect of which an order has been made by the Adjudicating Authority under this Code;
  (h) has executed an enforceable guarantee in favour of a creditor in respect of a corporate debtor against which an application for insolvency resolution made by such creditor has been admitted under this Code;
  (i) has been subject to any disability, corresponding to clauses (a) to (h), under any law in a jurisdiction outside India; or
  (j) has a connected person not eligible under clauses (a) to (i).
  Explanation.
  For the purposes of this clause, the expression "connected person" means
  (i) any person who is the promoter or in the management or control of the resolution applicant; or
  (ii) any person who shall be the promoter or in management or control of the business of the corporate debtor during the implementation of the resolution plan; or
  (iii) the holding company, subsidiary company, associate company or related party of a person referred to in clauses (i) and (ii):
  Provided that nothing in clause (iii) of this Explanation shall apply to
  (A) a scheduled bank; or
  (B) an asset reconstruction company registered with the Reserve Bank of India under section 3 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002; or
  (C) an Alternate Investment Fund registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.".