The Companies Act 2013 is a crucial legislation in India governing the incorporation, functioning, and management of companies. Learn about the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act 2013.
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Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates the observance of Secretarial Standards on General and Board Meetings specified by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government. Accordingly, the Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2), as approved by the Central Government, have been issued by the ICSI for observance by all companies (except exempted class of companies).
Conversion of Private Limited Company/Unlisted Public Company into LLP: Steps for Conversion of Company to Limited Liability Partnership 1) Obtain DIN No of all proposed Designated Partner/ Partner.*
Check the articles of Association of the Company to see whether necessary authority/ powers is there to increase the authorized share capital of the Company. Issue the Board Meeting notice and convene the Board Meeting to decide about the increase and to fix up to date, time, place and agenda for convening a General Meeting for passing of an Ordinary Resolution, by the Articles for the same.
Revised Secretarial Standard shall be effective w.e.f. 1st October, 2017. There are some alterations made in the revised SS-1 in comparison to former SS-1.This Standard prescribes a set of principles for convening and conducting Meetings of the Board of Directors and matters related thereto.
S.0 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 435 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, hereby designates the following Court mentioned in column (1) the Table below as Special Court for the purposes of providing speedy trial of offences punishable with imprisonment of two years or more under the said sub-section, namely:-
In this piece of writing, author throws light on new concept introduced under Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) regarding of Establishment of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) by Central Government and investigation of affairs of company by established SFIO & their powers to arrest the accused. Its laid down procedure and mechanism for conducting such investigations are briefly discussed in this article.
To simplify the process of Incorporation, SPICe Form was introduced via MCA Notification dated 01.10.2016 wherein there is no requirement for physically signing of MOA and AOA. These documents are now signed electronically and uploaded along with SPICe Form for incorporation.
Companies Amendment Bill 2016 was passed by Lok Sabha on 27.07.2017 where there are few changes. Here is the list of changes made in the definitions
Minimum Directors Required in Company:- i. One Person Company:- One Director. ii. Private Limited Company:- Two Directors. iii.Public Limited Company:- Three Directors.
Section 66 which is the governing provision for Reduction of Share Capital of a company is one amongst those sections notified on 07th December, 2016. Immediately, thereafter, MCA has further, notified the National Company Law Tribunal (Procedure for Reduction of Share Capital of Company) Rules, 2016 on 15th December, 2016.
