COMPANY LAW (As amended by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015) in about 4 volumes (with FREE CD) (Volume 1 Released) (Volume 2 Releasing shortly)

COMPANY LAW (As amended by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015) in about 4 volumes (with FREE CD) (Volume 1 Released) (Volume 2 Releasing shortly)

PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES

COMPANIES ACT, 2013

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1.      Short title, extent, commencement and application

2.      Definitions

           (1)   "abridged prospectus"

           (2)   "accounting standards"

           (3)   "alter" or "alteration"

           (4)   "Appellate Tribunal"

           (5)   "articles"

           (6)   "associate company"

           (7)   "auditing standards"

           (8)   "authorised capital" or "nominal capital"

           (9)   "banking company"

         (10)   "Board of Directors" or "Board"

         (11)   "body corporate" or "corporation"

         (12)   "book and paper" and "book or paper"

         (13)   "books of account"

         (14)   "branch office"

         (15)   "called-up capital"

         (16)   "charge"

         (17)   "chartered accountant"

         (18)   "Chief Executive Officer"

         (19)   "Chief Financial Officer"

         (20)   "company"

         (21)   "company limited by guarantee"

         (22)   "company limited by shares"

         (23)   "Company Liquidator"

         (24)   "company secretary" or "secretary"

         (25)   "company secretary in practice"

         (26)   "contributory"

         (27)   "control"

         (28)   "cost accountant"

         (29)   "court"

         (30)   "debenture"

         (31)   "deposit"

         (32)   "depository"

         (33)   "derivative"

         (34)   "director"

         (35)   "dividend"

         (36)   "document"

         (37)   "employees' stock option"

         (38)   "expert"

         (39)   "financial institution"

         (40)   "financial statement"

         (41)   "financial year"

         (42)   "foreign company"

         (43)   "free reserves"

         (44)   "Global Depository Receipt"

        

(45) "Government company"

         (46)   "holding company"

         (47)   "independent director"

         (48)   "Indian Depository Receipt"

         (49)   "interested director"

         (50)   "issued capital"

         (51)   "key managerial personnel"

         (52)   "listed company"

         (53)   "manager"

         (54)   "managing director"

         (55)   "member"

         (56)   "memorandum"

         (57)   "net worth"

         (58)   "notification"

         (59)   "officer"

         (60)   "officer who is in default"

         (61)   "Official Liquidator"

         (62)   "One Person Company"

         (63)   "ordinary or special resolution"

         (64)   "paid-up share capital" or "share capital paid-up"

         (65)   "postal ballot"

         (66)   "prescribed"

         (67)   "previous company law"

         (68)   "private company"

         (69)   "promoter"

         (70)   "prospectus"

         (71)   "public company"

         (72)   "public financial institution"

         (73)   "recognised stock exchange"

         (74)   "register of companies"

         (75)   "Registrar"

         (76)   "related party"

         (77)   "relative"

         (78)   "remuneration"

         (79)   "Schedule"

         (80)   "scheduled bank"

         (81)   "securities"

         (82)   "Securities and Exchange Board"

         (83)   "Serious Fraud Investigation Office"

         (84)   "share"

         (85)   "small company"

         (86)   "subscribed capital"

         (87)   "subsidiary company" or "subsidiary"

         (88)   "sweat equity shares"

         (89)   "total voting power"

         (90)   "Tribunal"

         (91)   "turnover"

         (92)   "unlimited company"

         (93)   "voting right"

         (94)   "whole-time director"

         (95)   Words defined in Allied Acts

CHAPTER II

INCORPORATION OF COMPANY AND
MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO

3.      Formation of company

4.      Memorandum

5.      Articles

6.      Act to override memorandum, articles, etc.

7.      Incorporation of company

8.      Formation of companies with charitable objects, etc.

9.      Effect of registration

10.    Effect of memorandum and articles

11.    Commencement of business, etc

12.    Registered office of company

13.    Alteration of memorandum

14.    Alteration of articles

15.    Alteration of memorandum or articles to be noted in every copy

16.    Rectification of name of company

17.    Copies of memorandum, articles, etc., to be given to members

18.    Conversion of companies already registered

19.    Subsidiary company not to hold shares in its holding company

20.    Service of documents

21.    Authentication of documents, proceedings and contracts

22.    Execution of bills of exchange, etc.

CHAPTER III

PROSPECTUS AND ALLOTMENT OF SECURITIES

PART I.—Public offer

23.    Public offer and private placement

24.    Power of Securities and Exchange Board to regulate issue and transfer of securities, etc.

25.    Document containing offer of securities for sale to be deemed prospectus

26.    Matters to be stated in prospectus

27.    Variation in terms of contract or objects in prospectus

28.    Offer of sale of shares by certain members of company

29.    Public offer of securities to be in dematerialised form

30.    Advertisement of prospectus

31.    Shelf prospectus

32.    Red herring prospectus

33.    Issue of application forms for securities

34.    Criminal liability for mis-statements in prospectus

35.    Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectus

36.    Punishment for fraudulently inducing persons to invest money

37.    Action by affected persons

38.    Punishment for personation for acquisition, etc., of securities

39.    Allotment of securities by company

40.    Securities to be dealt with in stock exchanges

41.    Global depository receipt

PART II.—Private placement

42.    Offer or invitation for subscription of securities on private placement

CHAPTER IV

SHARE CAPITAL AND DEBENTURES

43.    Kinds of share capital

44.    Nature of shares or debentures

45.    Numbering of shares

46.    Certificate of shares

47.    Voting rights

48.    Variation of shareholders' rights

49.    Calls on shares of same class to be made on uniform basis

50.    Company to accept unpaid share capital, although not called up

51.    Payment of dividend in proportion to amount paid-up

52.    Application of premiums received on issue of shares

53.    Prohibition on issue of shares at discount

54.    Issue of sweat equity shares

55.    Issue and redemption of preference shares

56.    Transfer and transmission of securities

57.    Punishment for personation of shareholder

58.    Refusal of registration and appeal against refusal

59.    Rectification of register of members

60.    Publication of authorised, subscribed and paid-up capital

61.    Power of limited company to alter its share capital

62.    Further issue of share capital

63.    Issue of bonus shares

64.    Notice to be given to Registrar for alteration of share capital

65.    Unlimited company to provide for reserve share capital on conversion into limited company

66.    Reduction of share capital

67.    Restrictions on purchase by company or giving of loans by it for purchase of its shares

68.    Power of company to purchase its own securities

69.    Transfer of certain sums to capital redemption reserve account

70.    Prohibition for buy-back in certain circumstances

71.    Debentures

72.    Power to nominate

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