Section 3(38) of General Clauses Act 1897 defines ‘offence’ as ‘any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force’. Section 2(n) of Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (‘CrPC’) also defines ‘offence’ similarly.
The salient features of the new Companies law are: Business friendly corporate Regulation/ pro-business initiatives; e-Governance Initiatives; Good Corporate Governance and CSR; Enhanced Disclosure norms; Enhanced accountability of Management; Stricter enforcement; Audit accountability; Protection for minority shareholders; Investor protection and activism; Better framework for insolvency regulation; and Institutional structure. Other important features of the Companies Bill, 2012 are:
• The Bill has 470 clauses as against 658 Sections in the existing Companies Act, 1956. • The entire bill has been divided into 29 chapters.• Many new chapters have been introduced, viz., Registered Valuers (ch.17); Government companies (ch. 23); Companies to furnish information or statistics (ch. 25); Nidhis (ch. 26); National Company Law Tribunal & Appellate Tribunal (ch. 27); Special Courts (ch. 28).
Union Finance Minister Shri. P. Chidambaram released a booklet containing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 in New Delhi today in the presence of Revenue Secretary, Chairperson and other members of Central Board of Excise & Customs and media. He also released a Logo of Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 on the occasion.
CMA Suresh Chandra Mohanty, President of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, congratulated the Honourable Union Minister of Corporate Affairs Shri Sachin Pilot ji, for passing the landmark Companies Bill 2013 in Rajya Sabha thus completing a great saga in modernizing the Corporate Legislation, which has been facing ups and downs for more than a decade.
The much-awaited Companies Bill, 2012 has been passed by Rajya Sabha at today’s session. So now, let’s gear up for new rules and regulations for better Corporate Environment. CS S. N. Ananthasubramanian, President, Council of the ICSI welcomes the brand new, modern, growth oriented and futuristic Company Law passed by Rajya Sabha today (08.08.2013). On […]
in exercise of the powers conferred under section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Board hereby makes the following Regulations to amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buy back of Securities) Regulations, 1998,
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CA Sudhir Halakhandi – The utility of 3CD/3CB, even after correction made in it , is not a user friendly utility and we have already indicated some of the mistakes in it. Some more mistakes were noticed by other experts and chartered accountants and the same were reported at various places in workshops and seminars related to this new feature which has been added to the work of chartered accountants.
India signed a Protocol amending the India – Morocco Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) in New Delhi today. The Protocol was signed by Dr Sudha Sharma, Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes on behalf of Government of India and H.E. Mr. Larbi Reffouh, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to India on behalf of Government of the Kingdom of Morocco.
