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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An issue of secured debentures may be made, project the date of its redemption does not exceed ten years from the date of issue. A company engaged in the setting up infrastructure projects may issue secured debentures for a period exceeding ten years but not exceeding thirty years (Rule 18 companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules 2014
The taxonomy for the Commercial and Industrial Companies have undergone a change owing to the requirements under the Companies Act 2013, and the rules notified thereunder. Accordingly, the Taxonomy Development and Review Committee of XBRL India has finalised the draft taxonomy for Commercial and Industrial Companies based on the notification of the sections under Companies Act 2013, new rules and forms thereunder.
You would be glad to know that that the long awaited Notification to exempt private companies under section 462 of the Companies Act 2013 has been recently issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. ICAI has highlighted need for a clarification in this regard on various occasions. There was no apparent need to put a cap on the number of audit of small and medium companies.
1. The company has made necessary arrangements to avoid failure of video or audio visual connection. 2. Sufficient security and identification procedures were ensured to safeguard the integrity of the meeting by the Company Secretary/ Chairman
1. To ensure that person to whom offer has been made does not exceed 200 in a financial year for each kind of security. It is to be noted that any offer or investigation made to qualified institutional buyers or to employees of the company under scheme of employee stock option shall not be considered while calculating the limit of two hundred people.
Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life. The depreciable amount of an asset is the cost of an asset or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value. The useful life of an asset is the period over which an asset is expected to be available for use by an entity.
Without causing harm to anything contained in this section, if an auditor of a company, in the course of the performance of his duties as auditor, has reason to believe that an offence involving fraud is being or has been committed against the company by officers or employees of the company, he shall immediately report the matter to the Central Government within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.
One of the most outstanding features of the current regulatory era is the dedicated thrust and reliance on disclosure norms. Companies Act, 2013 an ambitious Act which has overhauled almost all the provisions dealing with the management and administration of Companies is extremely focused on disclosure requirements and places more dependence on disclosures norms than on approvals criteria.
India is moving towards “ease of doing business’ regime and wants to improve its current rank (134 out of 185 as per World Bank) in starting a business vis-à-vis global standards. To put a step forward in this Direction the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had come out with a Fast Track Incorporation option which shall be available for Registering a Company on speedy basis by amending Companies (Incorporation) Rules and inserting rule 36.
Call on shares/debentures was made by the Board of Directors by means of resolutions passed at the Board meeting. Call on shares/debentures complied with the stipulations contained in Articles of Association. The Board of directors approved the rate of interest payable on delayed payment of calls in conformity with the provisions contained in Articles of Association.
