Who is a Director? An appointed or elected member of the board of directors of a company. He has the responsibility for determining and implementing the company™s policy. A company director need not to be a shareholder or an employee, and may hold only the office of director under the provisions of the Act. Directors… Read More
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS Abstract The responsibility for the conduct of a meeting rests primarily on the chairman. The chairman is entrusted with the task to call the speakers, regulate the length of their speeches, deal with the items of the business in order, put motions to the meeting… Read More
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Corporate Rights Against Personal Rights Of Members Sec. 41 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Act) defines members as any person who is (1) the subscribers of the memorandum of a company or every other person who agrees in writing to become a member of a company and whose name is entered in its register of… Read More
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Chapter XXIX Miscellaneous (447 - 470) Section 451- Punishment in case of repeated default If a company or an officer of a company commits an offence punishable either with fine or with imprisonment and where the same offence is committed for the second or subsequent occasions within a period of three years, then, that company… Read More
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Chapter XXIX Miscellaneous (447 - 470) Section 450- Punishment where no specific penalty or punishment is provided If a company or any officer of a company or any other person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made there under, or any condition, limitation or restriction subject to which any approval,… Read More
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Chapter XXIX Miscellaneous (447 - 470) Section 448- Punishment for false statements Save as otherwise provided in this Act, if in any return, report, certificate, financial statement, prospectus, statement or other document required by, or for, the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, any person makes a statement,”… Read More
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Chapter XXVII-National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal (407 - 434) Section 411- Qualification of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal (1) The Chairperson shall be a person who is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of a High Court. (2) A Judicial Member shall be a person… Read More
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Chapter XXVII-National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal (407 - 434) Section 410- Constitution of Appellate Tribunal The Central Government shall, by notification, constitute, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, an Appellate Tribunal to be known as the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal consisting of a Chairperson and such number of… Read More
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Chapter XXVII-National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal (407 - 434) Section 407- Definitions In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,” (a) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal; (b) Judicial Member means a member of the Tribunal or the Appellate Tribunal appointed as such and includes the President or the Chairperson, as… Read More
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Chapter XXIII-Government Companies (394 - 395) Section 394- Annual reports on Government companies (1) Where the Central Government is a member of a Government company, the Central Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs of that company to be” (a) prepared within three months of its annual general meeting before which… Read More
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Chapter XIII -Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel (196 - 205) Section 202- Compensation for loss of office of managing or whole-time director or manager (1) A company may make payment to a managing or whole-time director or manager, but not to any other director, by way of compensation for loss of office, or as… Read More
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Chapter XII -Meetings of Board and its Powers (173 - 195) Section 192- Restriction on non-cash transactions involving directors (1) No company shall enter into an arrangement by which ” (a) a director of the company or its holding, subsidiary or associate company or a person connected with him acquires or is to acquire assets… Read More
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Chapter XII -Meetings of Board and its Powers (173 - 195) Section 182- Prohibitions and restrictions regarding political contributions (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, a company, other than a Government company and a company which has been in existence for less than three financial years, may contribute any amount directly or indirectly… Read More
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