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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 45

Members severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or in the case of a private

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 45 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Members severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or in the case of a private. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 45: Members severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or in the case of a private company, two members: If at any time the number of members of a company is reduced, in the case of a public company, below seven, or in the case of a private company, below two, and the company carries on business for more than six months while the number is so reduced, every person who is a member of the company during the time that it so carries on business after those six months and is cognizant of the tact that it is carrying on business with fewer than seven members or two members, as the case may be, shall be severally liable for the payment of the whole debts of the company contracted during that time, and may be severally sued therefor.

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 45 provide?

Section Section 45 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Members severally liable for debts where business carried on with fewer than seven, or in the case of a private) 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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