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Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956) (42 of 1956);] (13) "director" includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called; (14) "District Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, but does not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction ; [(14A) "dividend" includes any interim dividend;] (15) "document" includes summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal process, and registers, whether issued, sent or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise ; [(15A) "employees stock option" means the option given to the whole-time directors, officers or employees of a company, which gives such directors, officers or employees the benefit or right to purchase or subscribe at a future date, the securities offered by the company at a pre-determined price;] (16) "existing company" means an existing company as defined in (section 3); (17) "financial year" means, in relation to any body corporate, the period in respect of which.....

Companies Act, 1956 Part 3

Title: Prospectus and Allotment, and Other Matters Relating to Issue of Shares or Debentures

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....1934), repayment of such deposit shall be made in full on or before the 1st day of April, 1975, and such repayment shall be without prejudice to any action that may be taken under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 for the acceptance of such deposit in contravention of such direction. 6[(3A) Every deposit accepted by a company after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1998, shall, unless renewed in accordance with the rules made under sub-section (1), be repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions of such deposit.] (4) Where any deposit is accepted by a company after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1974, in contravention of the rules made under sub­section (1), repayment of such deposit shall be made by the company within thirty days from the date of acceptance of such deposit or within such further time, not exceeding thirty days, as the Central Government may, on sufficient cause being shown by the company, allow. (5) Where a company omits or fails to make repayment of a deposit in accordance with the provisions of clause (c) of sub-section (3), or in the case of a deposit referred to in sub-section (4), within the time.....

Companies Act, 2013, Section 68

Title: Power of Company to Purchase Its Own Securities

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....under clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall be accompanied by an explanatory statement stating-- (a) a full and complete disclosure of all material facts; (b) the necessity for the buy-back; (c) the class of shares or securities intended to be purchased under the buy-back; (d) the amount to be invested under the buy-back; and (e) the time-limit for completion of buy-back. (4) Every buy-back shall be completed within a period of one year from the date of passing of the special resolution, or as the case may be, the resolution passed by the Board under clause (b) of sub-section (2). (5) The buy-back under sub-section (1) may be-- (a) from the existing shareholders or security holders on a proportionate basis; (b) from the open market; (c) by purchasing the securities issued to employees of the company pursuant to a scheme of stock option or sweat equity. (6) Where a company proposes to buy-back its own shares or other specified securities under this section in pursuance of a special resolution under clause (b) of sub-section (2) or a resolution under item (ii) of the proviso thereto, it shall, before making such buy-back, file with the Registrar and the.....

Depositories Act, 1996 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1996

.....of a depository. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956) or the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts. SECTION 03: CERTIFICATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS BY DEPOSITORIES. (1) No depository shall act as a depository unless it obtains a certificate of commencement of business from the Board. (2) A certificate granted under sub-section (1) shall be in such form as may be specified by the regulations. (3) The Board shall not grant a certificate under sub-section (1) unless it is satisfied that the depository has adequate systems and safeguards to prevent manipulation of records and transactions : Provided that no certificate shall be refused under this section unless the depository concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. SECTION 04: AGREEMENT BETWEEN DEPOSITORY AND PARTICIPANT. (1) A depository shall enter into an agreement with one or more participants as its agent. (2) Every agreement under sub-section (1) shall be in such form as.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 77A

Title: Power of Company to Purchase Its Own Securities

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....resolution is proposed to be passed shall be accompanied by an explanatory statement stating - (a) a full and complete disclosure of all material facts; (b) the necessity for the buy-back; (c) the class of security intended to be purchased under the buy-back; (d) the amount to be invested under the buy-back; and (e) the time limit for completion of buy-back. (4) Every buy-back shall be completed within twelve months from the date of passing the3[special resolution or a resolution passed by the Board] under clause (b) of sub-section (2). (5) The buy-back under sub-section (1) may be - (a) from the existing security holders on a proportionate basis; or (b) from the open market; or (c) from odd lots, that is to say, where the lot of securities of a public company, whose shares are listed on a recognised stock exchange, is smaller than such marketable lot, as may be specified by the stock exchange; or (d) by purchasing the securities issued to employees of the company pursuant to a scheme of stock option or sweat equity. (6) Where a company has passed a special resolution under clause (b) of sub­section (2)2[or the Board has passed a resolution under the.....

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....may, by regulations,- (a) require any such opinion as is referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 3-to be certified by a registered medical practitioner or practitioners concerned, in such form and at such time as may be specified in such regulations, and the preservation or disposal of such certificates; (b) require any registered medical practitioner, who terminates a pregnancy, to give intimation of such termination and such other information relating to the termination as may be specified in such regulations; (c) prohibit the disclosure, except to such persons and for such purposes as may be specified in such regulations, of intimations given or information furnished in pursuance of such regulations. (2) The intimation given and the information furnished in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be given or furnished, as the case may be, to the Chief Medical Officer of the State. (3) Any person who wilfully contravenes or wilfully fails to comply with the requirements of any regulation made under sub-section (1) shall be liable to be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. State Amendments SECTION 08:.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....

Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1891

.....- 1[(1) "company" means any company as defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956, and includes a foreign company within the meaning of Section 591of that Act. (1A) "corporation" means any body corporate established by any law for the time being in force in India and includes the Reserve Bank of India, the State Bank of India and any subsidiary bank as defined in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959.] (2) "bank" and "banker", mean- 2[(a) any company or corporation carrying on the business of banking.] (b) any partnership or individual to whose books the provisions of this Act shall have been extended as hereinafter provided, 3[(c) any post office savings bank or money order office;] 6[(3) "bankers' books" include ledgers, day-books, cash-books, account-books and all other records used in the ordinary business of the bank, whether these records are kept in written form or stored in a micro film, magnetic tape or in any other form of mechanical or electronic data retrieval mechanism, either onsite or at any offsite location including a back-up or disaster recovery site of both;] 4[(4) "legal proceeding" means, - (i) any proceeding or.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter XI

Title: Infringement of Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....theprovisions of sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), sub-clause (i) of clause (b) andclauses (d), (f), (g), (m), and (p) shall not apply asrespecis any act unlessthat act is accompanied by an acknowledgement- (i) identifying the work by itstitle or other description; and (ii) unless the work isanonymous or the author of the work has previously agreed or required that noacknowledgement of his name should be made, also identifying the author; 13 [(z) themaking of an ephemeral recording, by a broadcasting organisation using its ownfacilities for its own broadcast by a broadcasting organisation of a work whichit has the right to broadcast; and the retention of such recording for achivalpurposes on the ground of its exceptional documentary character; (za) the performance of aliterary, dramatic or musical work or the communication to the public of suchwork or of a sound recording in the course of any bona fide religious ceremonyor an official ceremony held by the Central Government or the State Governmentor any local authority. Explanation.--For the purpose ofthis clause, religious ceremony including a marriage procession and othersocial festivities associated with a marriage.] .....

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 52

Title: Certain Acts Not to Be Infringement of Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of a translation in any Indian language of an Act of a Legislatureand of any rules or orders made thereunder-- (i) if no translation ofsuch Act or rules or orders in that language has been produced or published bythe Government; or (ii) where a translation of suchAct or rules or orders in that language has been produced or published by theGovernment, if the translation is not available for sale to the public: Provided that such translationcontains a statement at a prominent place of the effect that the translationhas not been authorised or accepted as authentic by the Government; 11 [(s) themaking or publishing of a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of a workof architecture or the display of a work of architecture;] (t) the making or publishing ofa painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of a sculpture, or other artisticwork falling under sub-clause (iii) of clause (c) of section 2, if such work ispermanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public hasaccess; (u) the inclusion in acinematograph film of-- (i) any artistic workpermanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public hasaccess; or (ii) any.....