The Companies Act is a legislation that governs the formation, functioning, and management of companies. Explore the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act.
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Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (“Authority”) shall manage the IEPF which is credited mainly from unpaid Dividend which remains unpaid or unclaimed for a period of Seven years or more lying in Unpaid Dividend Account of the Company and also all amount payable as mentioned in clause (a) to (n) of subsection (2) of Section 125 of the Act.
Rights issue and private placement are the two ways to issue shares, other than initial public offers, through which a company can raise money in the primary market by issuing its securities
Section 442 which was enacted on 1st April’2014 authorizes Central Government to maintain a panel of experts to be called as Mediation Panel for mediation between parties during pendency of any proceedings before Regional Director, Central Government or Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal.
Once dividend transferred in Dividend Account but not has not been claimed by the shareholder within 30 days of declaration of dividend. The Company shall transfer such unpaid amount within 37 days from the date of declaration in a special account ‘Unpaid Dividend Account’.
Remuneration payable by companies having no profit or inadequate profit without Central Government approval-Where in any financial year during the currency of tenure of a managerial person, a company has no profits or its profits are inadequate, it may, without Central Government approval, pay remuneration to the managerial person not exceeding, the limits under (A) and (B) given below:-
Summary iof Form Name, Applicable rule & Section, Old Form No., Purpose of New form and Due Date for filing the form under recently notified Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016.
As per second Proviso to Section 149(1) read with Rule 3 of The Companies (Appointment and Qualification of directors) Rules, 2014 (Chapter 11), the following class of companies are required to appoint at least one Woman Director- (i) every listed company; (ii) every other public company having –
(1) These rule may be called the Companies (Mediation and Conciliation) Rules. 2016, (2) They shall come into force on the dale of their publication in the Official gazette.
Vide Notification Dated 09.09.2016 MCA notifies provisions related to Legal advisers and bankers not to disclose certain information, Powers of Tribunal, Application of certain provisions to proceedings under section 241 or section 245, Penalty for frauds by officers, Liability where proper accounts not kept
Stakeholder Relationship Committee is a committee of the Board of Directors established in accordance with the Company’s constitution and authorised by the Board to assist it in fulfilling its statutory, fiduciary and regulatory responsibilities.
