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THE COMPANIES AMENDMENT BILL 2014: PART 3 OF 3

Posted on January 9, 2015 | 5 comments

The Companies Amendment Bill 2014 has been introduced and passed in Lok Sabha recently. This blog post has intention to analyse proposed changes in the Companies Act 2013.

Most important massage, this amendment prepares a best case for drafting skill development programmes in India. I am reading here this Bill clause by clause. This will be a three part series and part 2 of 3 is present here.

To amend sub-section (1) of section 188 of the said Act to exempt related party transactions between holding companies and wholly owned subsidiaries (WOS) from the requirement of approval of non-related shareholders [Section 16 of the Amendment Bill]

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THE COMPANIES AMENDMENT BILL 2014: PART 2 OF 3

Posted on January 6, 2015 | 5 comments

The Companies Amendment Bill 2014 has been introduced and passed in Lok Sabha recently. This blog post has intention to analyse proposed changes in the Companies Act 2013.

Most important massage, this amendment prepares a best case for drafting skill development programmes in India. I am reading here this Bill clause by clause. This will be a three part series and part 2 of 3 is present here.

To amend sub-section (1) of section 123 of the said Act to include provisions for writing off past losses/depreciation before declaring dividend for the year [Clause 10 of the Amendment Bill]

A forth proviso is being added to the effect that no company shall declare dividend unless carried over previous losses and depreciation not provided in previous year or years are set off against profit of the company for the current year.

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THE COMPANIES AMENDMENT BILL 2014: PART 1 OF 3

Posted on January 2, 2015 | 2 comments

The Companies Amendment Bill 2014 has been introduced and passed in Lok Sabha recently. This blog post has intention to analyse proposed changes in the Companies Act 2013.

Most important massage, this amendment prepares a best case for drafting skill development programmes in India. I am reading here this Bill clause by clause. This will be a three part series and part 1 of 3 is present here.

To amend clauses (68), (71) of Section 2 and Section 11 of the said Act to omit the requirement for minimum paid-up share capital [Clause 2 and 4 of the Amendment Bill]:

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Company Law as on June’14

Posted on July 19, 2014 | 1 comment

In a recent communication to its students, Institute of Company Secretaries of India identified provisions of company law as applicable on 30th June 2014. This is cut –off date regarding applicability of law for its December examination. I am sharing relevant information for my readers.

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ORDERS ISSUED UNDER COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on April 11, 2014 | 1 comment

Until 31st march 2014, Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued three orders. These orders were issued in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 470 of the Companies Act, 2013 to remove the difficulties.

The Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2013

First order is; the Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2013 published on 20th September 2013 and come into force that day. The order reads:

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Specification of Definitions Details

Posted on April 3, 2014 | 1 comment

The Companies (Specification of definitions details) Rule, 2014 defines some additional terms which have not be defined in the Act. These rules clarify two terms already defined in the Act but need executive clarification as the Act.

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SECTIONS OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013 STILL WAITING NOTIFICATION

Posted on March 26, 2014 | 2 comments

The ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified additional provisions of the Companies Act, 2014 to be effective form 1st April 2014.

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NOTES ON EFFECTIVE PROVISIONS OF COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on February 27, 2014 | Leave a comment

Some other Sections of Companies Act 2013 has also been made effective form April 1, 2014 by Notification 1 dated 27th Feb 2014 and Notification dated 26th March 2014. 

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A part of the Companies Act 2013 is in force since 12th September 2013. In blog post, we will discuss these effective (1+98) sections. I have already shared my initial comments earlier on September 13, 2013.

To keep it reader – friendly, each new Section will be at new page. To change page, readers may click on desired page number at the bottom of the page.
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Effective Provisions of Companies Act, 2013 as on 12th September 2013

Posted on September 13, 2013 | 19 comments

On 30th August 2013 (Bhadrapada 8, 1935 Saka), Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification regarding the Companies Act, 2013 immediately after it received assent of President of India. Only section 1 of the Act of 2013 came into effect from that day. Section 1 as usual deals with short title, Extent, commencement and application.

Earlier Act of 1956 was applicable to whole of India with some modification related to Indian State of Nagaland, but not applicable Indian state of Sikkim. Act of 2013 is applicable to whole of India including Sikkim and without any exception to any state. Sub – section 4 of Section 1 of Act of 2013 lists out some exception regarding particular classes of companies. However, Act of 2013 is not made effective to Sikkim as on 12th September 2013.

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The Company under the Companies Act 2013

Posted on August 13, 2013 | 8 comments

UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

This is my first post after passing of the Companies Bill, 2012 by Rajya Sabha on 8th August 2013. Lok Sabha have already passed this Bill, earlier on 18th December 2012. The Bill is just one signature away from being an Act or two-three step away from come to be in forced by Notification.

Here, I try to study briefly some definitions related to companies under present Bill [Now the Companies Act, 2013]. Readers may please add their inputs in comment section of this post.

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