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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Companies Act, 2013 – Statement of Notification of Rules Particulars of Rules Effective date 1 Companies (Specification of definitions details) Rules, 2014 01/04/2014 2 Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 01/04/2014 3 Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 01/04/2014 4 Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014 01/04/2014 5 Companies (Audit and Auditors) […]
Finally, the long awaited moment has come for you to retire and your son, the Companies Act, 2013 to take charge of the affairs. Finally, the new Act will take your place in entirety as karta of the Corporate Gamut of the country. Everyone will get busy understanding his nature, his importance, his provisions and consequences of disobeying him.
List of Sections in Companies Act, 2013 (vis-a-vis Sections in Old Act) where the Articles of Association can override provisions of the Act or prescribe the limits / conditions in certain cases – in which a checklist can be made to decide which Articles from existing articles are required to be changed :
We wish to draw your kind attention to the genuine difficulties arising out of the restriction on number of audit, which can be conducted by an auditor under section 141(3)(g) of the Companies Act, 2013.
Companies Act, 2013 is out. Companies have to fulfill the requirements stated therein. Few provisions have already been published which can be found at: Immediate Compliance for Companies under Companies Act, 2013 – PART 1 Some more provisions are stated hereunder: 1. Appointment of Company Secretary: Now, only a Public Limited Company whose paid up […]
The first thing to take care of under the new Companies Act, 2013 is to follow a changed procedure for giving birth to a Company. This article speaks of only Public and Private Limited Companies and does not cover One Person Companies. The brief procedure to be adopted for incorporating a Company would be :
On the whole electronic voting replaces the Postal ballot process and saves time and cost of the company .It also helps the shareholders to cast their vote from anywhere and at anytime. In the e-voting process, role of scrutinizer will go under paradigm shift as there will be no physical collecting and counting of ballot papers, verification of signatures and rejection of invalid votes, if any
As defined in Section 2 (62) of the Companies Bill, 2013, One Person Company means a company which has only one person as a member.
Secretarial Audit is a process to check compliance with the provisions of various laws and rules/regulations/procedures, maintenance of books, records etc., by an independent professional to ensure that the company has complied with the legal and procedural requirements and also followed due processes.
Both the Companies Act, 1956 Act and Companies Act, 2013 requires companies to maintain register and index of members, register and index of debenture holders, but the 2013 Act requires company to maintain register and index of other securities also.
