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Companies Act, 1956

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Repealed by Act 65 of 1960View Details
Provisions of section 619 to apply to certain companiesView Details
Exclusion of certain time in computing periods of limitationView Details
1Short title, and commencementView Details
10Jurisdiction of CourtsView Details
10EConstitution of Board of Company Law AdministrationView Details
10FAppeals against the orders of the Company Law BoardView Details
11Prohibition of associations and partnerships exceeding certain numberView Details
12Mode of forming incorporated companyView Details
13Requirements with respect to memorandumView Details
14Form of memorandumView Details
15 Appointment of public trusteeView Details
15Printing and signature of memorandumView Details
15ASpecial provision as to alteration of memorandum consequent on alteration of name of State of MadrasView Details
15BSpecial provision as to alteration of memorandum consequent on alteration of name of State of MysoreView Details
16Alteration of memorandumView Details
17Special resolution and confirmation by Company Law Board required for alteration of memorandumView Details
17AChange of registered office within a StateView Details
18Alteration to be registered within three monthsView Details
19Effect of failure to registerView Details
198Overall maximum managerial remuneration and managerial remuneration in case of absence or inadequacy of profitsView Details
199Calculation of commission, etc., in certain casesView Details
2DefinitionsView Details
20Companies not to be registered with undesirable namesView Details
200Prohibition of tax-free paymentsView Details
201Avoidance of provisions relieving liability of officers and auditors of companyView Details
202Undischarged insolvent not to manage companiesView Details
203Power to restrain fraudulent persons from managing companiesView Details
204Restriction on appointment of firm or body corporate to office or place of profit under a companyView Details
205Dividend to be paid only out of profitsView Details
205AUnpaid dividend to be transferred to special dividend accountView Details
205BPayment of unpaid or unclaimed dividendView Details
205CEstablishment of Investor Education and Protection FundView Details
206Dividend not to be paid except to registered shareholders or to their order or to their bankersView Details
206ARight to dividend, rights shares, and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending registration of transfer of sharesView Details
207Penalty for failure to distribute dividends within thirty daysView Details
208Power of company to pay interest out of capital in certain casesView Details
209Books of account to be kept by companyView Details
209AInspection of books of account, etc., of companiesView Details
21Change of name by companyView Details
210Annual accounts and balance sheetView Details
210AConstitution of National Advisory Committee on Accounting StandardsView Details
211Form and contents of balance sheet and profit and loss accountView Details
212Balance sheet of holding company to include certain particulars as to its subsidiariesView Details
213Financial year of holding company and subsidiaryView Details
214Rights of holding company's representative and membersView Details
215Authentication of balance sheet and profit and loss accountView Details
216Profit and Loss Account to be annexed and Auditors' Report to be attached to Balance SheetView Details
217Board's reportView Details
218Penalty for improper issue, circulation or publication of Balance Sheet or Profit and Loss AccountView Details
219Right of members to copies of Balance Sheet and Auditors' ReportView Details
22Rectification of name of companyView Details
220Three copies of Balance Sheet, etc., to be filed with RegistrarView Details
221Duty of officer to make disclosure of payments, etcView Details
222Construction of references to documents annexed to accountsView Details
223Certain companies to publish statement in the Form in Table F in ScheduleView Details
23Registration of change of name and effect thereofView Details
235Investigation of the affairs of a companyView Details
236Application by members to be supported by evidence and power to call for securityView Details
237Investigation of company's affairs in other casesView Details
238Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspectorView Details
239Power of inspectors to carry investigation into affairs of related companies, etcView Details
24Change of name of existing private limited companiesView Details
240Production of documents and evidenceView Details
240ASeizure of documents by inspectorView Details
241Inspectors' reportView Details
242ProsecutionView Details
243Application for winding up of company or an order under section 397 or 398View Details
244Proceedings for recovery of damages or propertyView Details
245Expenses of investigationView Details
246Inspectors' report to be evidenceView Details
247Investigation of ownership of companyView Details
25Power to dispense with "Limited" in name of charitable or other companyView Details
250Imposition of restrictions upon shares and debentures and prohibition of transfer of shares or debentures in certain casesView Details
250AVoluntary winding up of company, etc., not to stop investigation proceedingsView Details
251Saving for legal advisers and bankersView Details
252Minimum number of directorsView Details
253Only individuals to be directorsView Details
254Subscribers of memorandum deemed to be directorsView Details
255Appointment of directors and proportion of those who are to retire by rotationView Details
256Ascertainment of directors retiring by rotation and filling of vacanciesView Details
257Right of persons other than retiring directors to stand for directorshipView Details
258Right of company to increase or reduce the number of directorsView Details
259Increase in number of directors to require Government sanctionView Details
26Articles prescribing regulationsView Details
260Additional directorsView Details
262Filling of casual vacancies among directorsView Details
263Appointment of directors to be voted on individuallyView Details
263ASections 177, 255, 256 and 263 not to apply in relation to companies not carrying business for profit, etcView Details
264Consent of candidate for directorship to be filed with the company and consent to act as director to be filed with the RegistrarView Details
265Option to company to adopt proportional representation for the appointment of directorsView Details
266Restrictions on appointment or advertisement of directorView Details
267Certain persons not to be appointed managing directorsView Details
268Amendment of provision relating to managing, whole-time or non-rotational directors to require Government approvalView Details
269Appointment of managing or whole-time director or manager to require Government approval only in certain casesView Details
27Regulations required in case of unlimited company, company limited by guarantee or private company limited by sharesView Details
270Time within which share qualification is to be obtained and maximum amount thereofView Details
272PenaltyView Details
273SavingView Details
274Disqualifications of directorsView Details
275No person to be a director of more than twenty companiesView Details
276Choice to be made by director of more than twenty companies at commencement of ActView Details
277Choice by person becoming director of more than twenty companies after commencement of ActView Details
278Exclusion of certain directorships for the purposes of sections 275, 276 and 277View Details
279PenaltyView Details
28Adoption and application of Table A in the case of companies limited by sharesView Details
285Board to meet at least once in every three calendar monthsView Details
286Notice of meetingsView Details
287Quorum for meetingsView Details
288Procedure where meeting adjourned for want of quorumView Details
289Passing of resolutions by circulationView Details
29 Power of Board and other persons to make contributions to the National Defense Fund, etcView Details
29Form of articles in the case of other companiesView Details
290Validity of acts of directorsView Details
291General powers of BoardView Details
292Certain powers to be exercised by Board only at meetingView Details
292AAudit CommitteeView Details
293Restrictions on powers of BoardView Details
2AInterpretation of certain words and expressionsView Details
3Definitions of " company ", " existing company ", " private company " and " public companyView Details
30Form and signature of articlesView Details
303Register of directors etcView Details
304Inspection of the registerView Details
305Duty of directors, etc., to make disclosureView Details
306Register to be kept by Registrar and inspection thereofView Details
307Register of directors' shareholdings, etcView Details
308Duty of directors and persons deemed to be directors to make disclosure of shareholdingsView Details
309Remuneration of directorsView Details
31Alteration of articles by special resolutionView Details
310Provisions for increase in remuneration to require Government sanctionView Details
311Increase in remuneration of managing director on re-appointment or appointment after Act to require Government sanctionView Details
312Prohibition of assignment of office by directorView Details
313Appointment and term of office of alternate directorsView Details
314Director, etc., not to hold office or place of profitView Details
316Number of companies of which one person may be appointed managing directorView Details
317Managing director not to be appointed for more than five years at a timeView Details
318Compensation for loss of office not permissible except to managing or whole-time directors or to directors who are managersView Details
32Registration of unlimited company as limited, etcView Details
320Payment to director for loss of office, etc., in connection with transfer of sharesView Details
321Provisions supplementary to sections 318, 319 and 320View Details
322Directors, etc., with unlimited liability in limited companyView Details
323Special resolution of limited company making liability of directors, etc., unlimitedView Details
349Determination of net profitsView Details
350Ascertainment of depreciationView Details
370Loans, etc., to companies under the same managementView Details
370AProvisions as to certain loans which could not have been made if sections 369 and 370 were in forceView Details
371Penalty for contravention of section 369, 370 or 370AView Details
372Purchase by company of shares, etc., of other companiesView Details
372AInter-corporate loans and investmentsView Details
373Investments made before commencement of ActView Details
374Penalty for contravention of section 372 or 373View Details
376Condition prohibiting reconstruction or amalgamation of companyView Details
383ACertain companies to have secretariesView Details
384Firm or body corporate not to be appointed managerView Details
385Certain persons not to be appointed managersView Details
386Number of companies of which a person may be appointed managerView Details
387Remuneration of managerView Details
388Application of sections 269, 310, 311, 312 and 317 to managersView Details
388ASections 386 to 388 not to apply to certain private CompaniesView Details
388BReference to Company Law Board of cases against managerial personnelView Details
388CInterim order by Company Law BoardView Details
388DDecision of the Company Law BoardView Details
388EPower of Central Government to remove managerial personnel on the basis of Company Law Board's decisionView Details
389POWER FOR COMPANIES TO REFER MATTERS TO ARBITRATIONView Details
390Interpretation of sections 391 and 393View Details
391Power to compromise or make arrangements with creditors and membersView Details
392Power of High Court to enforce compromises and arrangementsView Details
393Information as to compromises or arrangements with creditors and membersView Details
394Provisions for facilitating reconstruction and amalgamation of companiesView Details
394ANotice to be given to Central Government for applications under sections 391 and 394View Details
395Power and duty to acquire shares of shareholders dissenting from scheme or contract approved by majorityView Details
396Power of Central Government to provide for amalgamation of companies in national interestView Details
398Application to Company Law Board for relief in cases of mismanagementView Details
399Right to apply under sections 397 and 398View Details
4Meaning of " holding company " and " subsidiaryView Details
400Notice to be given to Central Government of applications under sections 397 and 398.View Details
401Right of Central Government to apply under sections 397 and 398View Details
402Powers of Company Law Board on application under section 397 or 398View Details
403Interim order by Company Law BoardView Details
404Effect of alteration of memorandum or articles of company by order under section 397 or 398View Details
405Addition of respondents to application under section 397 or 398View Details
406Application of sections 539 to 544 to proceedings under sections 397 and 398View Details
407Consequences of termination or modification of certain agreementsView Details
408Powers of Government to prevent oppression or mismanagementView Details
409Power of Company Law Board to prevent change in Board of directors likely to affect company prejudiciallyView Details
410Appointment of Advisory CommitteeView Details
421Filing of accounts of receiversView Details
422Invoices, etc. to refer to receiver where there is oneView Details
423Penalty for non-compliance with sections 421 and 422View Details
424Application of sections 421 to 423 to receivers and managers appointed by Court and managers appointed in pursuance of an instrumentView Details
426Liability as contributories of present and past membersView Details
427Obligations of directors and managers whose liability is unlimitedView Details
428Definition of "contributoryView Details
429Nature of liability of contributoryView Details
430Contributories in case of death of memberView Details
431Contributories in case of insolvency of memberView Details
432Contributories in case of winding up of a body corporate which is a memberView Details
435Transfer of winding up proceedings to District CourtView Details
436Withdrawal and transfer of winding up from one District Court to anotherView Details
437Power of High Court to retain winding up proceedings in District CourtView Details
438urisdiction of High Court under sections 435, 436 and 437 to be exercised at any time and at any stageView Details
441Commencement of winding up by CourtView Details
444Order for winding up to be communicated to Official Liquidator and RegistrarView Details
445Copy of winding up order to be filed with RegistrarView Details
446Suits stayed on winding up orderView Details
447Effect of winding up orderView Details
448Appointment of Official LiquidatorView Details
449Official Liquidator to be liquidatorView Details
450Appointment and powers of provisional liquidatorView Details
450Penalty for frauds by officersView Details
451General provisions as to liquidatorsView Details
452Style, etc. of liquidatorView Details
453Receiver not to be appointed of assets with liquidatorView Details
454Statement of affairs to be made to Official LiquidatorView Details
455Report by Official LiquidatorView Details
456Custody of company's propertyView Details
457Powers of liquidatorView Details
458Discretion of liquidatorView Details
459Provision for legal assistance to liquidatorView Details
460Exercise and control of liquidator's powersView Details
461Books to be kept by liquidatorView Details
462Audit of liquidator's accountsView Details
463Control of Central Government over liquidatorsView Details
466Power of Court to stay winding upView Details
467Settlement of list of contributories and application of assetsView Details
468Delivery of property to liquidatorView Details
469Payment of debts due by contributory and extent of set-offView Details
470Power of Court to make callsView Details
471Payment into bank of moneys due to companyView Details
472Moneys and securities paid into Bank to be subject to order of CourtView Details
473Order on contributory to be conclusive evidenceView Details
474Power to exclude creditors not proving in timeView Details
475Adjustment of rights of contributoriesView Details
476Power to order costsView Details
477Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company, etcView Details
478Power to order public examination of promoters, directors, etcView Details
479Power to arrest absconding contributoryView Details
480Saving of existing powers of CourtView Details
481Dissolution of companyView Details
484Circumstances in which company may be wound up voluntarilyView Details
485Publication of resolution to wind up voluntarilyView Details
486Commencement of voluntary winding upView Details
488Declaration of solvency in case of proposal to wind up voluntarilyView Details
499Provisions applicable to a creditor's voluntary winding upView Details
4APublic financial institutionsView Details
5Form of Balance-sheetView Details
5Meaning of " officer who is in defaultView Details
500Meeting of creditorsView Details
501Notice of resolutions passed by creditors' meeting to be given to RegistrarView Details
502Appointment of liquidatorView Details
503Appointment of committee of inspectionView Details
504Fixing of liquidators' remunerationView Details
505Board's powers to cease on appointment of liquidatorView Details
506Power to fill vacancy in office of liquidatorView Details
507Application of section 494 to a creditors' voluntary winding upView Details
508Duty of liquidator to call meetings of company and of creditors at end of each yearView Details
509Final meeting and dissolutionView Details
528Debts of all descriptions to be admitted to proofView Details
529Application of insolvency rules in winding up of insolvent companiesView Details
529AOverriding preferential paymentsView Details
530Preferential paymentsView Details
538Offences by officers of companies in liquidationView Details
539Penalty for falsification of booksView Details
541Liability where proper accounts not keptView Details
542Liability for fraudulent conduct of businessView Details
543Power of Court to assess damages against delinquent directors, etcView Details
544Liability under sections 542 and 543 to extend to partners or directors in firm or companyView Details
545Prosecution of delinquent officers and members of the companyView Details
553Voluntary liquidator to make payments into Scheduled BankView Details
554Liquidator not to pay moneys into private banking accountView Details
555Unpaid dividends and undistributed assets to be paid into the Companies Liquidation AccountView Details
556Enforcement of duty of liquidator to make returns, etcView Details
559Power of Court to declare dissolution of company voidView Details
560Power of Registrar to strike defunct company off registerView Details
561Application of Act to companies formed and registered under previous companies lawsView Details
562Application of Act to companies registered but not formed under previous companies lawsView Details
563Application of Act to unlimited companies registered under previous companies lawsView Details
564Mode of transferring shares in the case of companies registered under Acts 19 of 1857 and 7 of 1860View Details
565Companies capable of being registeredView Details
566Definition of "joint-stock companyView Details
567Requirements for registration of joint-stock companiesView Details
568Requirements for registration of companies not being joint-stock companiesView Details
569Authentication of statements of existing companiesView Details
571Notice to customers on registration of banking company with limited liabilityView Details
572Change of name for purposes of registrationView Details
573Addition of "Limited" or "Private Limited" to nameView Details
574Certificate of registration of existing companiesView Details
575Vesting of property on registrationView Details
576Saving for existing liabilitiesView Details
577Continuation of pending legal proceedingsView Details
578Effect of registration under PartView Details
579Power to substitute memorandum and articles for deed of settlementView Details
580Power of Court to stay or restrain proceedingsView Details
581Suits stayed on winding up orderView Details
582Meaning of "unregistered companyView Details
583Winding up of unregistered companiesView Details
584Power to wind up foreign companies, although dissolvedView Details
585Contributories in winding up of unregistered companyView Details
586Power to stay or restrain proceedingsView Details
587Suits, etc., stayed on winding up orderView Details
588Directions as to property in certain casesView Details
589Provisions of Part cumulativeView Details
590Saving and construction of enactments conferring power to wind up partnership, association or company in certain casesView Details
6Meaning of " relativeView Details
603Dating of prospectus and particulars to be contained thereinView Details
604Provisions as to expert's consent and allotmentView Details
605Registration of prospectusView Details
605AOffer of Indian Depository ReceiptsView Details
606Penalty for contravention of sections 603, 604 and 605View Details
607Civil liability for misstatements in prospectusView Details
608Interpretation of provisions as to prospectusesView Details
609Registration officesView Details
610Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by RegistrarView Details
610AAdmissibility of micro films, facsimile copies of documents, computer printouts and documents on computer media as documents and as evidenceView Details
611Fees in Schedule X to be paidView Details
612Fees, etc., paid to Registrar and other officers to be accounted for to Central GovernmentView Details
613Power of Central Government to reduce fees, charges, etcView Details
614Enforcement of duty of company to make returns, etc., to RegistrarView Details
614APower of Court trying offences under the Act to direct the filing of documents with RegistrarView Details
616Application of Act to insurance, banking, electricity supply and other companies governed by special ActsView Details
619BPROVISIONS OF SECTION 619 TO APPLY TO CERTAIN COMPANIESView Details
620APower to modify Act in its application to Nidhis, etcView Details
620BSpecial provisions as to companies in Goa, Daman and DiuView Details
621Offences against Act to be cognizable only on complaint by Registrar, shareholder or GovernmentView Details
621AComposition of certain offencesView Details
622Jurisdiction to try offencesView Details
623Certain offences triable summarily in Presidency townsView Details
624Offences to be non-cognizableView Details
624APower of Central Government to appoint company prosecutorsView Details
624BAppeal against acquittalView Details
625Payment of compensation in cases of frivolous or vexatious prosecutionView Details
626Application of finesView Details
627Production and inspection of books where offence suspectedView Details
628Penalty for false statementsView Details
629Penalty for false evidenceView Details
629APenalty where no specific penalty is provided elsewhere in the ActView Details
630Penalty for wrongful withholding of propertyView Details
631Penalty for improper use of words "Limited" and "Private LimitedView Details
638Annual report by Central GovernmentView Details
640Validation of registration of firms as members of charitable and other companiesView Details
640AExclusion of time required in obtaining copies of orders of Court or the Company Law BoardView Details
640BForms of, and procedure in relation to, certain applicationsView Details
641Power to alter SchedulesView Details
642Power of Central Government to make rulesView Details
643Power of Supreme Court to make rulesView Details
644Repeal of Acts specified in Schedule XIIView Details
645Saving of orders, rules, etc., in force at commencement of ActView Details
646Saving of operation of section 138 of Act 7 of 1913View Details
647Saving of pending proceedings for winding upView Details
648Saving of prosecutions instituted by liquidator or Court under section 237 of Act 7 of 1913View Details
649Construction of references to former enactments in documentsView Details
651Construction of references to extraordinary resolution in articles, etcView Details
652Appointment under previous companies laws to have effect as if made under ActView Details
653Former registration offices continuedView Details
654Registers under previous companies laws to be deemed to be part of registers under ActView Details
655Funds and accounts under Act to be in continuation of funds and accounts under previous companies lawsView Details
656Saving of incorporation under repealed ActsView Details
657Saving of certain Tables under previous companies lawsView Details
658Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) to apply in addition to sections 645 to 657 of ActView Details
7Interpretation of " person in accordance with whose directions or instructions directors are accustomed to actView Details
8Power of Central Government to declare an establishment not to be a branch officeView Details
9Act to override memorandum, articles, etcView Details
Ahorizontal FormView Details
Ba Balance sheet Abstract and Company's General Business ProfileView Details
FO FormView Details
Ma Matters to be specifiedView Details
ME Memorandum of Association of a Company Limited by sharesView Details
PA Reports to be set outView Details
PA Provisions applying to Parts I and II of the scheduleView Details
PA Form of Statement and particulars to be contained thereinView Details
PA Reports to be set outView Details
PA Form of statement and particulars to be contained thereinView Details
PA Reports to be set outView Details
PA Provisions applying to Parts I and II of this scheduleView Details
PA ContentsView Details
PA Requirements as to Profit and Loss AccountView Details
PA InterpretationView Details
PA AppointmentsView Details
PA RemunerationView Details
PA Provisions applicable to Parts I and II of this scheduleView Details
SC List of RelativesView Details
SC Matters to be specified in prospectus and reports to be set out thereinView Details
SC Form of Statement in lieu of Prospectus to be delivered to Register by a Company which does not issue a Prospectus or which does not go to allotment on a prospectus issued, and reports to be set out thereinView Details
SC Contents and form of Annual Return of a company having a share capitalView Details
SC [Redundant after abolition of the system of managing agents, secretaries and treasures by Act 17 of 1969, w.e.f. 3-4-1970]View Details
SC [Redundant after abolition of the system of managing agents, secretaries and treasures by Act 17 of 1969, w.e.f. 3-4-1970]View Details
SC Form of ProxyView Details
SC Table of fees to be paid to the RegistrarView Details
SC Form in which sections 539 to 544 of Act are to apply to cases where an application is made under section 397 or 398View Details
SC Enactments repealedView Details
SC Conditions to be fulfilled for the appointment of a managing or whole-time director or a manager without the approval of the Central GovernmentView Details
SC Under Section 108B(2)(b)View Details
Se Registration of memorandum and articlesView Details
Se Effect of registrationView Details
Se Conclusiveness of certificate of incorporationView Details
Se Effect of memorandum and articlesView Details
Se Provision as to companies limited by guaranteeView Details
Se Effect of alteration in memorandum or articlesView Details
Se Copies of memorandum and articles, etc., to be given to membersView Details
Se Alteration of memorandum or articles, etc., to be noted in every copyView Details
Se Definition ofmemberView Details
Se Membership of holding companyView Details
Se Consequences of default in complying with conditions constituting a company a private companyView Details
Se Private company to become public company in certain casesView Details
Se Prospectus or statement in lieu of prospectus to be filed by private company on ceasing to be private companyView Details
Se Members severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or in the case of a private company, two membersView Details
Se Form of contractsView Details
Se Bills of exchange and promissory notesView Details
Se Execution of deedsView Details
Se Investments of company to be held in its own nameView Details
Se Power for company to have official seal for use outsideView Details
Se Service of documents on companyView Details
Se Service of documents on RegistrarView Details
Se Service of documents on members by companyView Details
Se Authentication of documents and proceedingsView Details
Se Dating of prospectusView Details
Se Powers of Securities and Exchange Board of IndiaView Details
Se Matters to be stated and reports to be set out in prospectusView Details
Se Expert to be unconnected with formation or management of companyView Details
Se Expert's consent to issue of prospectus containing statement by himView Details
Se Deposits not to be invited without issuing an advertisementView Details
Se Small depositorsView Details
Se Default in acceptance or refund of deposits to be cognizableView Details
Se Provisions relating to prospectus to apply to advertisementView Details
Se Penalty and interpretationView Details
Se Registration of prospectusView Details
Se shelf ProspectusView Details
Se Information memorandumView Details
Se Terms of contract mentioned in prospectus or statement in lieu of prospectus, not to be variedView Details
Se Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectusView Details
Se Criminal liability for misstatements in prospectusView Details
Se Document containing offer of shares or debentures for sale to be deemed prospectusView Details
Se Interpretation of provisions relating to prospectusesView Details
Se Newspaper advertisements of prospectusView Details
Se Construction of references to offering shares or debentures to the public, etc.View Details
Se Penalty for fraudulently inducing persons to invest moneyView Details
Se Personation for acquisition, etc., of sharesView Details
Se Initial offer of securities to be in dematerialized form in certain cases AllotmentView Details
Se Prohibition of allotment unless minimum subscription receivedView Details
Se Prohibition of allotment in certain cases unless statement in lieu of prospectus delivered to RegistrarView Details
Se Effect of irregular allotmentView Details
Se Applications for, and allotment of, shares and debenturesView Details
Se Allotment of shares and debentures to be dealt in on stock exchangeView Details
Se Manner of reckoning fifth, eighth and tenth days in sections 72 and 73View Details
Se Return as to allotmentsView Details
Se Power to pay certain commissions and prohibition of payment of all other commissions, discounts, etcView Details
Se Restrictions on purchase by company, or loans by company for purchase, of its own or its holding company's sharesView Details
Se Power of company to purchase its own securitiesView Details
Se Transfer of certain sums to capital redemption reserve accountView Details
Se Prohibition for buy-back in certain circumstancesView Details
Se Application of premiums received on issue of sharesView Details
Se Power to issue shares at a discountView Details
Se Issue of sweat equity sharesView Details
Se Power to issue redeemable preference sharesView Details
Se Redemption of irredeemable preference shares, etcView Details
Se Further issue of capitalView Details
Se Nature of sharesView Details
Se Numbering of sharesView Details
Se Certificate of sharesView Details
Se Two kinds of share capitalView Details
Se New issues of share capital to be only of two kindsView Details
Se Voting rightsView Details
Se Prohibition of issue of shares with disproportionate rightsView Details
Se Termination of disproportionately excessive voting rights in existing companiesView Details
Se SavingsView Details
Se Calls on shares of some class to be made on uniform basisView Details
Se Power of company to accept unpaid share capital, although not called upView Details
Se Payment of dividend in proportion to amount paid-upView Details
Se Power of limited company to alter its share capitalView Details
Se share capital to stand increased where an order is made under section 81(4)View Details
Se Notice to Registrar of consolidation of share capital, conversion of shares into stock, etcView Details
Se Effect of conversion of shares into stockView Details
Se Notice of increase of share capital or of membersView Details
Se Power of unlimited company to provide for reserve share capital on re-registrationView Details
Se Reserve liability of limited companyView Details
Se Special resolution for reduction of share capitalView Details
Se Application to Court for confirming order, objections by creditors and settlement of list of objecting creditorsView Details
Se Order confirming reduction and powers of Court on making such orderView Details
Se Registration of order and minute of reductionView Details
Se Liability of members in respect of reduced sharesView Details
Se Penalty for concealing name of creditor, etcView Details
Se Alteration of rights of holders of special classes of sharesView Details
Se Rights of dissentient shareholdersView Details
Se Transfer not to be registered except on production of instrument of transferView Details
Se Restriction on acquisition of certain sharesView Details
Se Restriction on transfer of sharesView Details
Se Restriction on the transfer of shares of foreign companiesView Details
Se Power of Central Government to direct companies not to give effect to the transferView Details
Se Time within which refusal to be communicatedView Details
Se Nothing in sections 108A to 108D to apply to Government companies, etcView Details
Se Applicability of the provisions of sections 108A to 108FView Details
Se Construction of certain expressions used in sections 108A to 108GView Details
Se Penalty for acquisition or transfer of share in contravention of sections 108A to 108DView Details
Se Transfer by legal representativeView Details
Se Nomination of sharesView Details
Se Transmission of sharesView Details
Se Application for transferView Details
Se Power to refuse registration and appeal against refusalView Details
Se Rectification of Register on transferView Details
Se Certification of transfersView Details
Se Limitation of time for issue of certificatesView Details
Se Issue and effect of share warrants to bearerView Details
Se share warrants and entries in register of membersView Details
Se Penalty for personation of shareholderView Details
Se Debentures with voting rights not to be issued hereafterView Details
Se Debenture trust deedView Details
Se Appointment of debenture trustees and duties of debenture trusteesView Details
Se Liability of company to create security and debenture redemption reserveView Details
Se Right to obtain copies of and inspect trust deedView Details
Se Liability of trustees for debenture holdersView Details
Se Perpetual debenturesView Details
Se Power to re-issue redeemed debentures in certain casesView Details
Se Specific performance of contract to subscribe for debenturesView Details
Se Payments of certain debts out of assets subject to floating charge in priority to claims under the chargeView Details
Se Charge to include mortgage in this PartView Details
Se Certain charges to be void against liquidator or creditors unless registeredView Details
Se Date of notice of chargeView Details
Se Registration of charges on properties acquired subject to chargeView Details
Se Particulars in case of series of debentures entitling holders pari passuView Details
Se Particulars in case of commission, etc., on debenturesView Details
Se Register of charges to be kept by RegistrarView Details
Se Index to register of chargesView Details
Se Certificate of registrationView Details
Se Endorsement of certificate of registration on debenture or certificate of debenture stockView Details
Se Duty of company as regards registration and right of interested partyView Details
Se Provisions of Part to apply to modification of chargesView Details
Se Copy of instrument creating charge to be kept by company at registered officeView Details
Se Entry in register of charges of appointment of receiver or managerView Details
Se Company to report satisfaction and procedure thereafterView Details
Se Power of Registrar to make entries of satisfaction and release in absence of intimation from companyView Details
Se Copy of memorandum of satisfaction to be furnished to companyView Details
Se Rectification by Company Law Board of register of chargesView Details
Se PenaltiesView Details
Se Company's register of chargesView Details
Se Right to inspect copies of instruments creating charges and company's register of chargesView Details
Se Application of Part to charges requiring registration under it but not under previous lawView Details
Se Registered office of companyView Details
Se Publication of name by companyView Details
Se Publication of authorized as well as subscribed and paid-up capitalView Details
Se Restrictions on commencement of businessView Details
Se Register of membersView Details
Se Index of membersView Details
Se Register and index of debenture holdersView Details
Se Register and index of beneficial owners to be of debenture-holdersView Details
Se Trust not to be entered on registerView Details
Se Declaration as to shares and debentures held in trustView Details
Se Power to close register of members or debenture holdersView Details
Se Power for company to keep foreign register of members or debenture holderView Details
Se Provisions as to foreign registersView Details
Se Annual return to be made by company having a share capitalView Details
Se Annual return to be made by company not having a share capitalView Details
Se Further provisions regarding annual return and certificate to be annexed theretoView Details
Se Penalty and interpretationView Details
Se Place of keeping, and inspection of, registers and returnsView Details
Se Registers, etc., to be evidenceView Details
Se Statutory meeting and statutory report of companyView Details
Se Annual general meetingView Details
Se Power of Company Law Board to call annual general meetingView Details
Se Penalty for default in complying with section 166 or 167View Details
Se Calling of extra1ordinary general meeting on requisitionView Details
Se Sections 171 to 186 to apply to meetingsView Details
Se Length of notice for calling meetingView Details
Se Contents and manner of service of notice and persons on whom it is to be servedView Details
Se Explanatory statement to be annexed to noticeView Details
Se Quorum for meetingView Details
Se Chairman of meetingView Details
Se ProxiesView Details
Se Voting to be by show of hands in first instanceView Details
Se Chairman's declaration of result of voting by show of hands to be conclusiveView Details
Se Demand for pollView Details
Se Time of taking pollView Details
Se Restriction on exercise of voting right of members who have not paid calls, etcView Details
Se Restrictions on exercise of voting right in other cases to be voidView Details
Se Right of member to use his votes differentlyView Details
Se Scrutinizers at pollView Details
Se Manner of taking poll and result thereofView Details
Se Power of Company Law Board to order meeting to be calledView Details
Se Representation of corporations at meetings of companies and of creditorsView Details
Se Representation of the President and Governors in meetings of companies of whch they are membersView Details
Se Exercise of voting rights in respect of shares held in trustView Details
Se Declaration by persons not holding beneficial interest in any shareView Details
Se Investigation of beneficial ownership of shares in certain casesView Details
Se Circulation of members' resolutionsView Details
Se Ordinary and special resolutionsView Details
Se Resolutions requiring special noticeView Details
Se Resolutions passed at adjourned meetingsView Details
Se Registration of certain resolutions and agreementsView Details
Se Passing of resolutions by postal ballotView Details
Se Minutes of proceedings of general meetings and of Board and other meetingView Details
Se Minutes to be evidenceView Details
Se Presumptions to be drawn where minutes duly drawn and signedView Details
Se Inspection of minute books of general meetingsView Details
Se Publication of reports of proceedings of general meetingsView Details
Se Company not to appoint or employ certain different categories of managerial personnel at the same timeView Details
Se Appointment and remuneration of auditorsView Details
Se Auditor not to be appointed except with the approval of the company by special resolution in certain casesView Details
Se Provisions as to resolutions for appointing or removing auditorsView Details
Se Qualifications and disqualifications of auditorsView Details
Se Powers and duties of auditorsView Details
Se Audit of accounts of branch office of companView Details
Se Signature of audit report, etcView Details
Se Reading and inspection of auditor's reportView Details
Se Right of auditor to attend general meetingView Details
Se Penalty for non-compliance with sections 225 to 231View Details
Se Penalty for non-compliance by auditor with sections 227 and 229View Details
Se Power of Central Government to direct special audit in certain casesView Details
Se Audit of cost accounts in certain casesView Details
Se Power of Registrar to call for information or explanationView Details
Se Seizure of documents by RegistrarView Details
Se Vacation of office by directorsView Details
Se Removal of directorsView Details
Se Prohibitions and restrictions regarding political contributionsView Details
Se Appointment of sole selling agents to require approval of company in general meetingView Details
Se Prohibition of payment of compensation to sole selling agents for loss of office in certain casesView Details
Se Power of Central Government to prohibit the appointment of sole selling agents in certain casesView Details
Se Loans to directors, etcView Details
Se Application of section 295 to book debts in certain casesView Details
Se Board's sanction to be required for certain contracts in which particular directors are interestedView Details
Se Disclosure of interests by directorView Details
Se Interested director not to participate or vote in Board's proceedingsView Details
Se Register of contracts, companies and firms in which directors are interestedView Details
Se Disclosure to members of director's interest in contract appointing manager, managing directorView Details
Se Contracts by agents of company in which company is undisclosed principal. Employees' Securities and Provident FundsView Details
Se Employees' securities to be deposited in post office savings bank or scheduled BankView Details
Se Provisions applicable to provident funds of employeesView Details
Se Right of employee to see bank's receipt for moneys or securities referred to in section 417 or 418View Details
Se Penalty for contravention of sections 417, 418 and 419View Details
Se Modes of winding upView Details
Se Circumstances in which company may be wound up by CourtView Details
Se Company when deemed unable to pay its debtsView Details
Se Provisions as to applications for winding upView Details
Se Right to present winding up petition where company is being wound up voluntarily or subject to Courts supervisionView Details
Se Power of Court to stay or restrain proceedings against companyView Details
Se Powers of Court on hearing petitionView Details
Se Appointment and composition of committee of inspectionView Details
Se Constitution and proceedings of committee of inspectionView Details
Se Order made in any Court to be enforced by other CourtsView Details
Se Appeals from ordersView Details
Se Effect of voluntary winding up on status of companyView Details
Se Provisions applicable to a members' voluntary winding upView Details
Se Power of company to appoint and fix remuneration of liquidatorsView Details
Se Board's powers to cease on appointment of a liquidatorView Details
Se Power to fill vacancy in office of liquidatorView Details
Se Notice of appointment of liquidator to be given to RegistrarView Details
Se Power of liquidator to accept shares, etc., as consideration for sale of property of companyView Details
Se Duty of liquidator to call creditors' meeting in case of insolvencyView Details
Se Duty of liquidator to call general meeting at the end of each yearView Details
Se Final meeting and dissolutionView Details
Se Alternative provisions as to annual and final meetings in case of insolvencyView Details
Se Provisions applicable to every voluntary winding upView Details
Se Distribution of property of companyView Details
Se Application of section 454 to voluntary winding upView Details
Se Powers and duties of liquidator in voluntary winding upView Details
Se Body corporate not to be appointed as liquidatorView Details
Se Corrupt inducement affecting appointment as liquidatorView Details
Se Power of Court to appoint and remove liquidator in voluntary winding upView Details
Se Notice by liquidator of his appointmentView Details
Se Arrangement when binding on company and creditorsView Details
Se Power to apply to Court to have questions determined or powers exercisedView Details
Se Application of liquidator to Court for public examination of promoters, directors, etcView Details
Se Costs of voluntary winding upView Details
Se Power to order winding up subject to supervisionView Details
Se Effect of petition for winding up subject to supervisionView Details
Se Power of Court to appoint or remove liquidatorsView Details
Se Powers and obligations of liquidator appointed by courtView Details
Se Effect of supervision orderView Details
Se Appointment in certain cases of voluntary liquidators to office of liquidatorsView Details
Se Fraudulent preferenceView Details
Se Avoidance of voluntary transferView Details
Se Transfers for benefit of all creditors to be voidView Details
Se Liabilities and rights of certain fraudulently preferred personsView Details
Se Effect of floating chargeView Details
Se Disclaimer of onerous property in case of a company which is being wound upView Details
Se Avoidance of transfers, etc., after commencement of winding upView Details
Se Avoidance of certain attachments, executions, etc., in winding up by or subject to supervision of CourtView Details
Se Liquidator to exercise certain powers subject to sanctionView Details
Se Notification that a company is in liquidationView Details
Se Books and papers of company to be evidenceView Details
Se Inspection of books and papers by creditors and contributoriesView Details
Se Disposal of books and papers of companyView Details
Se Information as to pending liquidationsView Details
Se Official Liquidator to make payments into the public account of IndiaView Details
Se Meetings to ascertain wishes of creditors or contributoriesView Details
Se Court or person before whom affidavit may be swornView Details
Se Application of sections 592 to 602 to foreign companiesView Details
Se Documents, etc., to be delivered to Registrar by foreign companies carrying on business in IndiaView Details
Se Return to be delivered to Registrar by foreign company where documents, etc., alteredView Details
Se Accounts of foreign companyView Details
Se Obligation to state name of foreign company, whether limited, and country where incorporatedView Details
Se Service on foreign companyView Details
Se Office where documents to be deliveredView Details
Se PenaltiesView Details
Se Company's failure to comply with Part not to affect its liability under contracts, etcView Details
Se Registration of charges, appointment of receiver and books of accountView Details
Se Fees for registration of documents under PartView Details
Se Interpretation of foregoing sections of PartView Details
Se Power of Central Government to direct companies to furnish information or statisticsView Details
Se Definition ofGovernment CompanyView Details
Se Application of sections 224 to 233 to Government companiesView Details
Se Annual reports on Government companiesView Details
Se Power to modify Act in relation to Government companiesView Details
Se Special provisions as to companies in Jammu and KashmirView Details
Se Power to require limited company to give security for costsView Details
Se Power of Court to grant relief in certain casesView Details
Se Enforcement of orders of CourtsView Details
Se Enforcement of orders of Company Law BoardView Details
Se Enforcement of orders of one Court by other CourtsView Details
Se Protection of acts done in good faithView Details
Se Non-disclosure of information in certain casesView Details
Se Reduction of fees, charges, etc., payable to companyView Details
Se Powers of Central Government or Company Law Board to accord approval, etc., subject to conditions and to prescribe fees on applicationsView Details
Se Power of Central Government to fix a limit with regard to remunerationView Details
Se Condonation of delays in certain casesView Details
TA Regulations for Management of a Company Limited by sharesView Details
TA Memorandum and Articles of Association of a Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a share CapitalView Details
TA Memorandum and Articles of Association of a Company Limited by Guarantee and having a share CapitalView Details
TA Memorandum and Articles of Association of an Unlimited CompanyView Details
TA Form of Statement to be Published by Limited Banking Companies, Insurance Companies and Deposit, provident or Benefit SocietiesView Details
Th Rates of depreciationView Details
VE Vertical FormView Details

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