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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1. The name must contain Nidhi Limited 2. Nidhi company that has to be incorporated under this Act shall be a Public Company 3. It must have a minimum paid up equity share capital of Rs.5,00,000/-;
Charge is The right of Bank/Financial Institutions who lend funds to a company to receive money from the company’s assets if the debt is not paid on time. As per section 2(16) of the Companies Act, 2013 define charges as to mean an interest or lien created on the property or assets of a company or any of its undertakings or both as security and includes as mortgage.
Companies which are raising funds from angel investors or through venture capital funds are in dilemma which instrument is required to be issued against the investment. The decision is taken by the investors in general to which instrument they should get against their investment.
An attempt has been made from my side to share my knowledge and experience regarding Incorporation of a One Person Company under Companies Act, 2013 in the form of an Article.
The Minister of State (MoS) for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, says Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is getting mainstreamed through the Companies Act 2013. This landmark legislation has brought the issue of CSR from back rooms of corporates to their Board rooms
The time for compliance of rule 5 of the Companies (Transfer of Proceedings) Rules, 2016 has been extended to six months from 15th December 2016 vide Notification No. GSR 175(E) dated 28th February, 2017 to six months from 15th December 2016.
General Circular No. 03/2017 dated 27.04.2017 regarding Transfer of shares to IEPF Authority is being reviewed by the Ministry and hence the said circular stands withdrawn with immediate effect.
A representation was received from Regional Director, Mumbai seeking Clarification as to whether Regional Directors can entertain, fresh applications u/s 16 of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect of applications which were earlier rejected by them under Companies Act, 1956
History- The unregistered company could be incorporated under the previous law i.e. Companies Act 1956 under PART IX: – COMPANIES AUTHORIZED TO REGISTER UNDER THIS ACT under the preview of section 565 to 581 of the Companies Act 1956.
Promoters engaged in the business not for profit ideally go for registering a company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. Once a company is registered under Section 8 either as a public or private such company is free from not using the words private limited or public limited after the key word of the company. A partnership firm can also become a member of Section 8 Company. These companies often find it difficult to shut down the company as this company is having the license to operate as Charitable Company it is required to surrender that license by converting the company into a normal company other than a Section 8 Company. For the purpose of conversion of the company into a normal company the company is required to have the following things in order.
