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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 6

Title: Management and Administration

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....Act, 1996, shall be deemed to be an index of members and register and index of debenture-holders, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act.] ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 22 of 1996, Section 30 and Schedule (w.r.e.f. 20-9-1995). Section 153 - Trusts not to be entered on register No notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive, shall be entered on the register of members or of debenture-holders1[***] ____________________ 1. The words "or be receivable by the Registrar" omitted by Act 53 of 1963, Section 6 (w.e.f. 1-1-1964). Section 153A - Appointment of public trustee 1[153A. Appointment of public trustee 2[(1)] The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person as public trustee to discharge the functions and to exercise the rights and powers conferred on him by or under this Act.] 3[(2) The provision of this section shall not apply on and after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000.] ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 53 of 1963, Section 7 (w.e.f. 1-1-1964). 2. Section 153A renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 53 of 2000, Section 63 (w.e.f. 13-12-2000)......

Companies Act, 1956 Chapter 2

Title: Directors

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....) Sub-section ( 1 ) shall not apply to a private company, unless it is a subsidiary of a public company. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 31 of 1988, Section 45 (w.e.f. 15-6-1988). 2. Inserted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 85 (w.e.f. 28-12-1960). Section 258 - Right of company to increase or reduce the number of directors 1[***] Subject to the provisions of sections 252 , 255 and 259 , a company in general me eting may, by ordinary resolution, increase or reduce the number of its directors within the limits fixed in that behalf by its articles. ______________________ 1. The brackets and figure "(1) omitted by Act 36 of 1957, Section 3 and Schedule II." Section 259 - Increase in number of directors to require Government sanction In the case of a public company or a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, any increase in the number of its directors, except- (a) in the case of a company which was in existence on the 21 st day of July, 1951 , an increase which was within the permissible maximum under its articles as in force on that date, and (b) in the case of a company which came or may come into existence after that date, an.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 265

Title: Option to Company to Adoptproportional Representation for the Appointment of Directors

State: Central

Year: 1956

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the articles of a company may provide for the appointment of not less than two-thirds of the total number of the directors of a public company or of a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, according to the principle of proportional representation, whether by the single transferable vote or by a system of cumulative voting or otherwise, the appointments being made once in every three years and interim casual vacancies being filled in accordance with the provisions, mutatis mutandis, of section 262.

Companies Act, 2013, Section 163

Title: Option to Adopt Principle of Proportional Representation for Appointment of Directors

State: Central

Year: 2013

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the articles of a company may provide for the appointment of not less than two-thirds of the total number of the directors of a company in accordance with the principle of proportional representation, whether by the single transferable vote or by a system of cumulative voting or otherwise and such appointments may be made once in every three years and casual vacancies of such directors shall be filled as provided in sub-section (4) of section 161.

Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2008 Complete Act

Title: Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2008

State: Central

Year: 2008

Preamble1 - THE APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) VOTE ON ACCOUNT ACT, 2008 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Withdrawal of Rs. 25407,01,72,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the financial year 2008-09 Section3 - Appropriation Schedule - THE SCHEDULE

Bihar Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act 2005 Complete Act

Title: Bihar Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

Preamble1 - BIHAR APPROPRIATION (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) ACT 2005 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Issue of Rs. 809,5542,525 out of the Consolidate Fund of the State of Bihar for the financial year 2004-05 Section3 - Appropriation ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE

Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act 2005 Complete Act

Title: Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

Preamble1 - APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) VOTE ON ACCOUNT ACT, 2005 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Issue of Rs. 15778,25,98,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India for the financial year 2005-06 Section3 - Appropriation ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE

Bihar Appropriation (Vote on Account) No. 2 Act 2005 Complete Act

Title: Bihar Appropriation (Vote on Account) No. 2 Act 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

Preamble1 - BIHAR APPROPRIATION (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) No. 2 ACT 2005 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Withdrawal of Rs. 19572,79,28,000 out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Bihar for the Financial Year 2005-06 Section3 - Appropriation ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE

Goa Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act 2005 Complete Act

Title: Goa Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

Preamble1 - GOA APPROPRIATION (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) ACT 2005 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Withdrawal of Rs. 1553,70,61,000 from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa for the financial year 2005-06 Section3 - Appropriation ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE