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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 404

Effect of Alteration of Memorandum Orarticles of Company by Order Under Section 397 or 398

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 404 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Effect of Alteration of Memorandum Orarticles of Company by Order Under Section 397 or 398. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Where an order under section 397 or 398 makes any alteration in the memorandum or articles of a company, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the company shall not have power except to the extent, if any, permitted in the order to make without the leave of the1[Tribunal] any alteration whatever which is inconsistent with the order, either in the memorandum or in the articles.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the alterations made by the order shall in all respects have the same effect as if they had been duly made by the company in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and the said provisions shall apply accordingly to the memorandum or articles as so altered.

(3) A certified copy of every order altering, or giving leave to alter, a company's memorandum or articles, shall within2[thirty] days after the making thereof, be filed by the company with the Registrar who shall register the same.

(4) If default is made in complying with the provisions of sub-section (3), the company, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to3[fifty thousand rupees].

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1. Substituted by Act 31 of 1988, Section 67, for "Court" (w.e.f. 31- 5-1991) and again Substituted by Act 11 of 2003, Section 44 for "Company Law Board".2. Substituted by Act 31 of 1965, Section 62 and Schedule, for "fifteen" (w.e.f. 15-10-1965).

3 . Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, Section 180, for "Five thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 404 provide?

Section Section 404 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Effect of Alteration of Memorandum Orarticles of Company by Order Under Section 397 or 398) is reproduced on this page as part of the Companies Act, 1956. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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