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The Council of the Institute, at its 329th (Adjourned) meeting held on 03rd and 04th January 2014 at New Delhi noted that reporting by the statutory auditors of the Company on clause (3)(bb) of section 227 of the Companies Act, 1956 is a legal requirement in cases where the company had appointed separate branch auditor/s.
The Council, accordingly, decided to amend paragraph 80 of the Statement on CARO, 2003 as follows: 80. There may be situations where one or more of the clauses are not applicable. For example, the requirement regarding internal audit system does not apply in case of all the companies.
Thus, Single Member Company or One Person Company has been defined as A Company which has only one person as a member under sub section 62 of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013. It is now possible for a person, competent to enter a contract, to start such One Person Company which is like a proprietary firm with the benefits of a Limited Company.
The concept of Small Company has been introduced for the first time by the Companies Act, 2013. The Act identifies some companies as small companies based on their capital and turnover position for the purpose of providing certain relief/exemptions to these companies. Most of the exemptions provided to a small company are same as that provided to a one person company.
An independent director and a non-executive director not being promoter or key managerial personnel, shall be held liable, only in respect of such acts of omission or commission by a company which had occurred with his knowledge, attributable through Board processes, and with his consent or connivance or where he had not acted diligently.
Generally at the time of scrutinizing the Balance Sheet and Other Financial Statements of the Company, if Registrar of Companies come across any lapses on part of the Company in recording the transactions and financial irregularities etc. and observed provisions of Companies Act 1956 has been violated by the Company and Officers in preparation of Financial Statements
Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 casts a responsibility on the Board of Directors to prepare a report containing details as discussed below and this report needs to be annexed to the Financial Statements which are laid before the members in the annual general meeting.
CS Akhilesh Kumar Jha Sl. No Sections Details Effective 1 5 Alteration of Article of Association for mentioning the Provisions of “Entrenchment”, in case of private company all members must be agreed for such amendment and in case of Public Company, the special resolution is just required. Not effective 2 12 Change of Registered office […]
One Person Company is new concept under the Companies Act, 2013. Previously, there was no such type of concept. One Person Company means a company which has only one person as a member. That type of Company Called One Person Company (Section 2(62)).
It is to be noted that the said provisions is in addition to the requirement of the report to be received respectively from the Registrar of Companies and the Official Liquidator under the first and second provisos to Section 394(1). A joint reading of Sections 394 and 394A makes it clear that the duties to be performed by the Registrar and Official Liquidator under Section 394