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Section 1- Short title, extent, commencement and application
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Section 2- Definitions
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Section 3- Formation of company
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Section 4- Memorandum
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Section 5- Articles
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Section 6- Act to override memorandum, articles, etc
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Section 7- Incorporation of company
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Section 8- Formation of companies with charitable objects,etc.
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Section 9- Effect of registration
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Section 10- Effect of memorandum and articles.
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Section 11- Commencement of business,etc
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Section 12- Registered office of company.
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Section 13- Alteration of memorandum.
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Section 14- Alteration of articles.
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Section 15- Alteration of memorandum or articles to be noted in every copy.
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Section 16- Rectification of name of company
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Section 17- Copy of memorandum, articles.etc to be given to members.
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Section 18- Conversion of companies already registered
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Section 19- Subsidiary company not to hold shares in its holding company
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Section 20- Service of documents
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Section 21- Authentication of documents, proceedings and contracts
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Section 22- Execution of bills of exchange, etc.
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Section 23- Public offer and private placement
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Section 24- Power of Securities and Exchange Board to regulate issue and transfer of securities, etc
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Section 25- Document containing offer of securities for sale to be deemed prospectus
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Section 26- Matters to be stated in prospectus
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Section 27- Variation in terms of contract or objects in prospectus
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Section 28- Offer of sale of shares by certain members of company.
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Section 29- Public offer of securities to be in dematerialised form.
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Section 30- Advertisement of prospectus
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Section 31- Shelf prospectus
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Section 32- Red herring prospectus
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Section 33- Issue of application forms for securities.
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Section 34- Criminal liability for mis-statement in prospectus
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Section 35- Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectus
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Section 36- Punishment for fraudulently inducing persons to invest money
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Section 37- Action by affected persons
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Section 38- Punishment for personation For acquisition,etc., of securities
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Section 39- Allotment of securities by company.
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Section 40- Securities to be dealt with in stock exchanges.
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Section 41- Global depository receipt.
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Section 42- Offer or invitation for subscription of securities on private placement.
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Section 43- Kinds of share capital
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Section 44- Nature of shares or debentures
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Section 45- Numbering of shares
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Section 46- Certificate of shares
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Section 47- Voting rights
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Section 49- Calls on shares of same class to be made on uniform basis
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Section 50- Company to accept unpaid share capital, although not called up
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Section 51- Payment of dividend in proportion to amount paid-up
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Section 52- Application of premiums received on issue of shares
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Section 53- Prohibition on issue of shares at discount
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Section 54- Issue of sweat equity shares
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Section 55- Issue and redemption of preference shares
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Section 56- Transfer and transmission of securities
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Section 57- Punishment for personation of shareholder
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Section 58- Refusal of registration and appeal against refusal
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Section 59- Rectification of register of members
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Section 60- Publication of authorised, subscribed and paid-up capital.
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Section 61- Power of limited company to alter its share capital
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Section 62- Further issue of share capital
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Section 63- Issue of bonus shares.
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Section 64- Notice to be given to Registrar for alteration of share capital
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Section 65- Unlimited company to provide for reserve share capital on conversion into limited company
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Section 66- Reduction of share capital
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Section 67- Restrictions on purchase by company or giving of loans by it for purchase of its shares.
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Section 68- Power of company to purchase its own securities
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Section 69- Transfer of certain sums to capital redemption reserve account
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Section 70- Prohibition for buy-back in certain circumstances.
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Section 71- Debentures.
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Section 72- Power to nominate.
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Section 73- Prohibition on acceptance of deposits from public.
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Section 74- Repayment of deposits, etc., accepted before commencement of this Act
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Section 75- Damages to fraud
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Section 76- Acceptance of deposits from public by certain companies
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Section 77- Duty to register charges, etc
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Section 78- Application for registration of charge
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Section 79- Section 77 to apply in certain matters
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Section 80- Date of notice of charge
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Section 81- Register of charges to be kept by Registrar.
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Section 82- Company to report satisfaction of charge
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Section 83- Power of Registrar to make entries of satisfaction and release in absence of intimation from company.
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Section 84- Intimation of appointment of receiver or manager.
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Section 85- Companyâ€™s register of charges.
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Section 86- Punishment for contravention
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Section 87- Rectification by Central Government in register of charges.
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Section 88- Register of members, etc.
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Section 89- Declaration in respect of beneficial interest in any share.
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Section 90- Investigation of beneficial ownership of shares in certain cases.
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Section 91- Power to close register of members or debenture holder or other securities
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Section 92- Annual Return
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Section 93- Return to be filled with Registrar in case promoters stake changes.
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Section 94- Place of keeping and inspection of registers, returns, etc.
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Section 95- Registers, etc., to be evidence.
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Section 96- Annual general meeting.
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Section 100- Calling of extraordinary general meeting.
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Section 101- Notice of meeting
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Section 102- Statement to be annexed to notice.
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Section 103- Quorum for meetings
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Section 104- Chairman of meetings.
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Section 105- Proxies.
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Section 106- Restriction on voting rights.
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Section 107- Voting by show of hands.
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Section 108- Voting through electronic means.
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Section 109- Demand for poll
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Section 110- Postal ballot
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Section 111- Circulation of membersâ€™ resolution.
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Section 112- Representation of President or Governors in meetings.
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Section 113- Representation of corporation at meeting of companies and of creditor
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Section 114- Ordinary and Special Resolution
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Section 115- Resolutions requiring special notice.
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Section 116- Resolutions passed at adjourned meeting.
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Section 117- Resolutions and agreements to be filed.
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Section 118- Minutes of proceedings of general meeting, meeting of Board of Directors and other meeting and resolutions passed by postal ballot.
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Section 119- Inspection of minute-books of general meeting.
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Section 120- Maintenance and inspection of documents in electronic form.
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Section 121- Report on annual general meeting.
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Section 122- Applicability of this Chapter to One Person Company.
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Section 123- Declaration of dividend
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Section 124- Unpaid dividend account.
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section 125- Investor Education and Protection Fund.
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Section 126- Right to dividend, rights shares and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending registration of transfer of shares.
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Section 127- Punishment for failure to distribute dividends.
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Section 128- Books of account, etc., to be kept by company.
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Section 129- Financial statement.
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Section 133- Central Government to prescribe accounting standards.
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Section 134- Financial Statement, Boards report, etc.
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Section 135- Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Section 136- Right of member to copies of audited financial statement
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Section 137- Copy of Financial statement to be filed with Registrar
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Section 138- Internal audit.
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Section 139- Appointment of auditors.
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Section 140- Removal, resignation of auditor and giving of special notice.
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Section 141- Eligibility, qualifications and disqualifications of auditors.
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Section 142- Remuneration of auditors.
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Section 143- Powers and duties of auditors and auditing standards.
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Section 144- Auditor not to render certain services.
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Section 145- Auditor to sign audit reports, etc.
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Section 146- Auditors to attend general meeting
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Section 147- Punishment for contravention.
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Section 148- Central Government to specify audit of items of cost in respect of certain companies
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Section 149- Company to have Board of Directors.
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Section 150- Manner of selection of independent directors and maintenance of data bank of independent directors.
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Section 151- Appointment of director elected by small shareholders.
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Section 152- Appointment of directors.
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Section 153- Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
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Section 154- Allotment of Director Identification Number
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Section 155- Prohibition to obtain more than one Director Identification Number.
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Section 156- Director to intimate Director Identification Number
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Section 157- Company to inform Director Identification number to Registrar
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Section 158- Obligation to indicate Director Identification Number
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Section 159- Punishment for Contravention
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Section 160- Right of persons other than retiring directors to stand for directorship.
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Section 161- Appointment of additional director, alternate director and nominee director
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Section 162- Appointment of directors to be voted individually
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Section 163- Option to adopt principle of proportional representation for appointment of directors.
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Section 164- Disqualifications for appointment of director.
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Section 165- Number of directorships.
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Section 166- Duties of directors.
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Section 167- Vacation of office of director.
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Section 168- Resignation of Director
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Section 169- Removal of Directors
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Section 170- Register of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel and their shareholding
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Section 171- Membersâ€™ right to inspect
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Section 172- Punishment.
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Section 173- Meetings of Board
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Section 174- Quorum for meetings of Board.
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Section 175- Passing of resolution by circulation
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Section 176- Defects in appointment of directors not to invalidate actions taken.
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Section 177- Audit committee.
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Section 178- Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee
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Section 179- Powers of Board.
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Section 180- Restrictions on powers of Board.
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Section 181- Company to contribute to bona fide and charitable funds, etc.
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Section 182- Prohibitions and restrictions regarding political contributions.
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Section 183- Power of Board and other persons to make contributions to national defence fund, etc
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Section 184- Disclosure of interest by director.
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Section 185- Loan to directors, etc.
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Section 186- Loan and investment by company.
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Section 187- Investments of company to be held in its own name.
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Section 188- Related Party Transaction
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Section 189- Register of contracts or arrangements in which directors are interested.
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Section 190- Contract of employment with managing or whole-time directors.
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Section 191- Payment to director for loss of office, etc., in connection with transfer of undertaking, property or shares.
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Section 192- Restriction on non-cash transactions involving directors.
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Section 193- Contract by One Person Company
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Section 194- Prohibition On forward dealings in securities of company by director or key managerial personnel
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Section 195- Prohibition on Insider trading of securities.
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Section 196- Appointment of Managing director, whole time director or Manager
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Section 197- Overall maximum managerial remuneration and managerial remuneration in case of absence or inadequacy of profits .
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Section 198- Calculation of Profit
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Section 199- Recovery of Remuneration in certain cases
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Section 200- Central Government or company to fix a limit with regard to remuneration.
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Section 201- Forms of, and procedure in relation to, certain applications.
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Section 202- Compensation for loss of office of managing or whole-time director or manager.
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Section 203- Appointment of key managerial personnel..
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Section 204- Secretarial audit for bigger companies.
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Section 205- Functions of company secretary.
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Section 206- Power to call for information, inspect books and conduct inquiries
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Section 207- Conduct of inspection and inquiry.
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Section 208- Report on inspection made.
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Section 209- Search and seizure.
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Section 210- Investigation into affairs of company.
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Section 211- Establishment of Serious Fraud Investigation Office.
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Section 212- Investigation into affairs of company by Serious Fraud Investigation Office.
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Section 213- Investigation into companys affairs in other cases.
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Section 214- Security for payment of costs and expenses of investigation.
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Section 215- Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspector.
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Section 216- Investigation of ownership of company.
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Section 217-Procedure, powers, etc., of inspectors.
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Section 219- Power of inspectors to conduct investigation into affairs of related companies, etc
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Section 220- Seizure of documents by inspector.
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Section 221- Freezing of assets of a company on an inquiry and investigation.
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Section 223- Inspectors report.
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Section 224- Actions to be taken in pursuance of inspectors report.
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Section 225- Expenses of investigation.
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Section 228- Investigation, etc., of foreign companies.
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Section 229- Penalty for furnishing false statement, mutilation,destruction of documents.
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Section 366- Companies capable of being registered.
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Section 366- Certificate of registration of Existing companies.
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Section 367- Certificate of registration of Existing companies.
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Section 368- Vesting of property on registration.
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Section 369- Saving of existing liabilities.
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Section 370- Continuation of pending legal proceedings
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Section 371- Effect of registration under this Part.
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Section 374- Obligations of companies registering under this Part.
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Section 379- Application of Act to foreign companies.
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Section 380- Documents, etc., to be delivered to Registrar by foreign companies.
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Section 381- Accounts of foreign company.
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Section 382- Display of name, etc., of foreign company.
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Section 383- Service on foreign company.
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Section 384- Debentures, annual return, registration of charges, books of account and their inspection.
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Section 385 - Fee for registration of documents.
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Section 386- Interpretation.
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Section 387- Dating of prospectus and particulars to be contained therein.
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Section 388- Provisions as to expertâ€™s consent and allotment.
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Section 389- Registration of prospectus.
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Section 390- Offer of Indian Depository Receipts.
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Section 391- Application of sections 34 to 36 and Chapter XX.
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Section 392- Punishment for contravention.
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Section 393- Companys failure to comply with provisions of this Chapter not to affect validity of contracts, etc.
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Section 394- Annual reports on Government companies.
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Section 395- Annual reports where one or more State Governments are members of companies.
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Section 396- Registration offices.
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Section 397- Admissibility of certain documents as evidence
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Section 398- Provisions relating to filing of applications, documents, inspection, etc., in electronic form.
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Section 399- Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar.
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Section 400- Electronic form to be exclusive, alternative or in addition to physical form.
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Section 401- Provision of value added services through electronic form
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Section 402- Application of provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000.
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Section 403- Fee for filing, etc.
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Section 404- Fees, etc., to be credited into public account.
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Section 405- Power of Central Government to direct companies to furnish information or statistics.
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Section 406- Power to modify Act in its application to Nidhis.
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Section 407- Definitions.
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Section 408- Qualification of President and Members of Tribunal.
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Section 409- Qualification of President and Members of Tribunal.
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Section 410- Constitution of Appellate Tribunal.
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Section 411- Qualifications of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal.
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Section 412- Selection of Members of Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal.
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Section 413- Term of office of President, Chairperson and other Members.
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Section 414- Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Members.
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Section 439- Offences to be non-cognizable.
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Section 442- Mediation and Conciliation penal.
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Section 443- Power of Central Government to appoint company prosecutors.
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Section 444- Appeal against acquittal.
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Section 445- Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause.
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Section 446- Application of fines
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Section 447- Punishment for fraud.
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Section 448- Punishment for false statements
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Section 449- Punishment for false evidence.
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Section 450- Punishment where no specific penalty or punishment is provided.
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Section 451- Punishment in case of repeated default.
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Section 452- Punishment for wrongful withholding of property.
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Section 453- Punishment for improper use of "Limited" or "Private Limited".
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Section 454- Adjudication of penalties.
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Section 455- Dormant company.
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Section 456- Protection of action taken in good faith.
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Section 457- Non-disclosure of information in certain cases.
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Section 458- Delegation By Central Government Of Its Powers And Functions Under Act
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Section 459- Powers of Central Government or Tribunal to accord approval, etc., subject to conditions and to prescribe fees on applications.
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Section 460- Condonation of delay in certain cases.
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Section 461- Annual report by Central Government
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Section 462- Power to exempt a class or classes of companies from provisions of this Act.
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Section 463- Power of court to grant relief in certain cases.
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Section 464- Prohibition of association or partnership of persons exceeding certain number
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Section 467- Power of Central Government to amend Schedules.
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Section 468- Power of Central Government to make rules relating to winding up.
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Section 469- Power of Central Government to make rules.
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Section 470- Power to remove difficulties.
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Schedule I
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Schedule II
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Schedule III
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Schedule IV
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Schedule V
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Schedule VI
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Schedule VII
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