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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 596

Service on Foreign Company

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 596 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Service on Foreign Company. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Any process, notice, or other document required to be served on a foreign company shall be deemed to be sufficiently served, if addressed to any person whose name has been delivered to the Registrar under the foregoing provisions of this Part and left at, or sent by post to, the address which has been so delivered:

Provided that

(a) where any such company makes default in delivering to the Registrar the name and address of a person resident in India who is authorised to accept on behalf of the company service of process, notices or other documents; or

(b) if at any time all the persons whose names and addresses have been so delivered are dead or have ceased so to reside, or refuse to accept service on behalf of the company, or for any reason, cannot be served,

a document may be served on the company by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, any place of business established by the company in India.

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 596 provide?

Section Section 596 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Service on Foreign Company) 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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