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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 595

Obligation to State Name of Foreign Company, Whether Limited, and Country Where Incorporated

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 595 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Obligation to State Name of Foreign Company, Whether Limited, and Country Where Incorporated. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Every foreign company shall-

(a) in every prospectus inviting subscriptions in India for its shares or debentures, state the country in which the company is incorporated;

(b) conspicuously exhibit on the outside of every office or place where it carries on business in India, the name of the company and the country in which it is incorporated, in letters easily legible in English characters, and also in the characters of the language or one of the languages in general use in the locality in which the office or place is situate;

(c) cause the name of the company and of the country in which the company is incorporated, to be stated in legible English characters in all business letters, bill-heads and letter paper, and in all notices,1[***] and other official publications of the company; and

(d) if the liability of the members of the company is limited, cause notice of that fact-

(i) to be stated in every such prospectus as aforesaid and in all business letters, bill-heads, letter paper, notices, advertisements and other official publications of the company, in legible English characters; and

(ii) to be conspicuously exhibited on the outside of every office or place where it carries on business in India, in legible English characters and also in legible characters of the language or one of the languages in general use in the locality in which the office or place is situate.

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1 . The word "advertisements" omitted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 193 (w.e.f. 28-12-1960).

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 595 provide?

Section Section 595 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Obligation to State Name of Foreign Company, Whether Limited, and Country Where Incorporated) 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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