Updated with Rules, Notifications, Circulars and Orders till
March 19, 2023,
all presented at one place under the relevant section of Companies Act, 2013
Chapter 1
- Preliminary
Chapter 2
- Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental Thereto
Chapter 3
- Prospectus and Allotment of Securities
Chapter 4
- Share Capital and Debentures
Chapter 5
- Acceptance of Deposits by Companies
Chapter 6
- Registration of Charges
Chapter 7
- Management and Administration
Chapter 8
- Declaration and Payment of Dividend
Chapter 9
- Accounts of Companies
Chapter 10
- Audit and Auditors
Chapter 11
- Appointment and Qualifications of Directors
Chapter 12
- Meetings of Board and Its Powers
Chapter 13
- Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel
Chapter 14
- Inspection, Inquiry and Investigation
Section 206 : Power to call for information, inspect books and conduct inquiries
Section 207 : Conduct of inspection and inquiry
Section 208 : Report on inspection made
Section 209 : Search and seizure
Section 210 : Investigation into affairs of company
Section 211 : Establishment of Serious Fraud Investigation Office
Section 212 : Investigation into affairs of company by Serious Fraud Investigation Office
Section 213 : Investigation into company's affairs in other cases
Section 214 : Security for payment of costs and expenses of investigation
Section 215 : Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspector
Section 216 : Investigation of ownership of company
Section 217 : Procedure, powers, etc., of inspectors
Section 218 : Protection of employees during investigation
Section 219 : Power of inspector to conduct investigation into affairs of related companies, etc
Section 220 : Seizure of documents by inspector
Section 221 : Freezing of assets of company on inquiry and investigation
Section 222 : Imposition of restrictions upon securities
Section 223 : Inspector's report
Section 224 : Actions to be taken in pursuance of inspector's report
Section 225 : Expenses of investigation
Section 226 : Voluntary winding up of company, etc., not to stop investigation proceedings
Section 227 : Legal advisers and bankers not to disclose certain information
Section 228 : Investigation, etc., of foreign companies
Section 229 : Penalty for furnishing false statement, mutilation, destruction of documents
Chapter 15
- Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations
Chapter 16
- Prevention of Oppression and Mismanagement
Chapter 17
- Registered Valuers
Chapter 18
- Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies
Chapter 19
- Revival and Rehabilitation of Sick Companies
Chapter 20
- Winding Up
Section 270 : Modes of winding up
Section 271 : Circumstances in which company may be wound up by Tribunal
Section 272 : Petition for winding up
Section 273 : Powers of Tribunal
Section 274 : Directions for filing statement of affairs
Section 275 : Company Liquidators and their appointments
Section 276 : Removal and replacement of liquidator
Section 277 : Intimation to Company Liquidator, provisional liquidator and Registrar
Section 278 : Effect of winding up order
Section 279 : Stay of suits, etc., on winding up order
Section 280 : Jurisdiction of Tribunal
Section 281 : Submission of report by Company Liquidator
Section 282 : Directions of Tribunal on report of Company Liquidator
Section 283 : Custody of company's properties
Section 284 : Promoters, directors, etc., to co-operate with Company Liquidator
Section 285 : Settlement of list of contributories and application of assets
Section 286 : Obligations of directors and managers
Section 287 : Advisory Committee
Section 288 : Submission of periodical reports to Tribunal
Section 289 : Power of Tribunal on application for stay of winding up
Section 290 : Powers and duties of Company Liquidator
Section 291 : Provision for professional assistance to Company Liquidator
Section 292 : Exercise and control of Company Liquidator's powers
Section 293 : Books to be kept by Company Liquidator
Section 294 : Audit of Company Liquidator's accounts
Section 295 : Payment of debts by contributory and extent of set-off
Section 296 : Power of Tribunal to make calls
Section 297 : Adjustment of rights of contributories
Section 298 : Power to order costs
Section 299 : Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company, etc.
Section 300 : Power to order examination of promoters, directors, etc
Section 301 : Arrest of person trying to leave India or abscond
Section 302 : Dissolution of company by Tribunal
Section 303 : Appeals from orders made before commencement of Act
Section 304 : Circumstances in which company may be wound up voluntarily
Section 305 : Declaration of solvency in case of proposal to wind up voluntarily
Section 306 : Meeting of creditors
Section 307 : Publication of resolution to wind up voluntarily
Section 308 : Commencement of voluntary winding up
Section 309 : Effect of voluntary winding up
Section 310 : Appointment of Company Liquidator
Section 311 : Power to remove and fill vacancy of Company Liquidator
Section 312 : Notice of appointment of Company Liquidator to be given to Registrar
Section 313 : Cesser of Board's powers on appointment of Company Liquidator
Section 314 : Powers and duties of Company Liquidator in voluntary winding up
Section 315 : Appointment of committees
Section 316 : Company Liquidator to submit report on progress of winding up
Section 317 : Report of Company Liquidator to Tribunal for examination of persons
Section 318 : Final meeting and dissolution of company
Section 319 : Power of Company Liquidator to accept shares, etc., as consideration for sale of property of company
Section 320 : Distribution of property of company
Section 321 : Arrangement when binding on company and creditors
Section 322 : Power to apply to Tribunal to have questions determined, etc
Section 323 : Costs of voluntary winding up
Section 324 : Debts of all descriptions to be admitted to proof
Section 325 : Application of insolvency rules in winding up of insolvent companies
Section 326 : Overriding preferential payments
Section 327 : Preferential payments
Section 328 : Fraudulent preference
Section 329 : Transfers not in good faith to be void
Section 330 : Certain Transfers to be Void
Section 331 : Liabilities and rights of certain persons fraudulently preferred
Section 332 : Effect of floating charge
Section 333 : Disclaimer of onerous property
Section 334 : Transfers, etc., after commencement of winding up to be void
Section 335 : Certain attachments, executions, etc., in winding up by Tribunal to be void
Section 336 : Offences by officers of companies in liquidation
Section 337 : Penalty for frauds by officers
Section 338 : Liability where proper accounts not kept
Section 339 : Liability for fraudulent conduct of business
Section 340 : Power of Tribunal to assess damages against delinquent directors, etc
Section 341 : Liability under sections 339 and 340 to extend to partners or directors in firms or companies
Section 342 : Prosecution of delinquent officers and members of company
Section 343 : Company Liquidator to exercise certain powers subject to sanction
Section 344 : Statement that company is in liquidation
Section 345 : Books and papers of company to be evidence
Section 346 : Inspection of books and papers by creditors and contributories
Section 347 : Disposal of books and papers of company
Section 348 : Information as to pending liquidations
Section 349 : Official Liquidator to make payments into public account of India
Section 350 : Company Liquidator to deposit monies into scheduled bank
Section 351 : Liquidator not to deposit monies into private banking account
Section 352 : Company Liquidation Dividend and Undistributed Assets Account
Section 353 : Liquidator to make returns, etc.
Section 354 : Meetings to ascertain wishes of creditors or contributories
Section 355 : Court, Tribunal or person, etc., before whom affidavit may be sworn
Section 356 : Powers of Tribunal to declare dissolution of company void
Section 357 : Commencement of winding up by Tribunal
Section 358 : Exclusion of certain time in computing period of limitation
Section 359 : Appointment of Official Liquidator
Section 360 : Powers and functions of Official Liquidator
Section 361 : Summary procedure for liquidation
Section 362 : Sale of assets and recovery of debts due to company
Section 363 : Settlement of claims of creditors by Official Liquidator
Section 364 : Appeal by creditor
Section 365 : Order of dissolution of company
Chapter 21
- Companies Authorised to Register under this Act
Chapter 22
- Companies Incorporated Outside India
Chapter 23
- Government Companies
Chapter 24
- Registration Offices and Fees
Section 396 : Registration offices
Section 397 : Admissibility of certain documents as evidence
Section 398 : Provisions relating to filing of applications, documents, inspection, etc., in electronic form
Section 399 : Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar
Section 400 : Electronic form to be exclusive, alternative or in addition to physical form
Section 401 : Provision of value added services through electronic form
Section 402 : Application of provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000
Section 403 : Fee for Filing, etc.
Section 404 : Fees, etc., to be credited into public account
Chapter 25
- Companies to Furnish Information or Statistics
Chapter 26
- Nidhis
Chapter 27
- National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal
Chapter 28
- Special Courts
Chapter 29
- Miscellaneous
Schedules
SS 1
SS 2
NCLT
NCLAT
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