Central Government hereby appoints the 15 August, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of section 81 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 shall come into force.
Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Notification
New Delhi, 01st July, 2019
S.O. 2269(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub‑section (2) of section 1 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 (1 of 2018), the Central Government hereby appoints the 15 August, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of section 81 of the said Act shall come into force.
[File No. 1/1/2018-CL-I]
(K.V.R. Murty)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
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Extract of Section 82 of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 i.e. New Section 406 of Companies Act, 2013 for ready reference of our readers
82. Substitution of new section for section 406.
Provision relating to Nidhis and its application, etc.
‘406. (1) In this section, “Nidhi” or “Mutual Benefit Society” means a company which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a Nidhi or Mutual Benefit Society, as the case may be.
(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in the notification
(a) shall not apply to any Nidhi or Mutual Benefit Society; or
(b) shall apply to any Nidhi or Mutual Benefit Society with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification.
(3) A copy of every notification proposed to be issued under sub-section (2), shall be laid in draft before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, and if, both Houses agree in disapproving the issue of notification or both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification, the notification shall not be issued or, as the case may be, shall be issued only in such modified form as may be agreed upon by both the Houses.
(4) In reckoning any such period of thirty days as is referred to in sub-section (3), no account shall be taken of any period during which the House referred to in sub-section (3) is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.
(5) The copies of every notification issued under this section shall, as soon as may be after it has been issued, be laid before each House of Parliament.’.
