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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Section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act 2013 requires the auditors of the companies to report as whether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
Normally, the company may provide e-voting facility through NSDL or CDSL as an alternative, for all the shareholders of the company to enable them to cast their votes electronically on the resolutions mentioned in the notice of the general meeting.
‘Infrastructure Finance Companies’ as defined in clause (viia) of sub-direction (1) of direction 2 of Non-Banking Financial (Non-deposit accepting or holding) Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2007
Every listed company and every other public company having paid up share capital of Rs.10 Crores or more shall have the following whole-time Key Managerial Personnel (KMP),—(i) Managing Director (MD) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or manager and in their absence, Whole- Time Director(WTD) (ii) Company Secretary; and (iii) Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Contribution to Corpus of a Trust /society/ section 8 companies etc. will qualify as CSR expenditure as long as (a) the Trust/ society/ section 8 companies etc. is created exclusively for undertaking CSR activities or (b) where the corpus is created exclusively for a purpose directly relatable to a subject covered in Schedule VII of the Act.
We have Compiled the Format of Statutory Audit Report of Companies for Financial Year 2013-14. The report has considered the certain changes as prescribed by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) consequent to notification of certain sections under Companies Act, 2013. We have highlighted the changes introduced in blue for your reference :-
Section 204(1) of Companies Act, 2013 introduces concept of Secretarial Audit Report by Company Secretary in practice is a welcome step. It is a step towards good corporate governance and in line with the provisions of Clause 49-C(iii) of the Listing Agreement of Stock Exchanges i.e. part of Corporate Governance which states.
Section 121 of the Companies Act,2013 and Rule 31 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules,2014 deals with Report on Annual General Meeting. This is the new provision introduced by the Companies Act ,2013, which mandates the report on AGM for all listed public companies. Earlier, as per the listing agreement, the report on AGM is mandatory only for Top 100 listed companies.
Section 110 of the Companies Act,2013 and Rule 22 of the Companies (Management and Administration ) Rules,2014 deals with Postal Ballot. Postal Ballot – Business: A company shall transact the following business only by means of Postal Ballot;
CA Gaurav Mittal Section 188 of Companies Act 2013 is about Related Party Transactions and applicable to both Private and Public limited company and is applicable from 1St April 2014. What we will be discussing in below article:- Definition/Meaning of Related Party Transactions which are deemed as related party transactions Nature of […]
