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Companies Act, 1956 Section 294AA

Title: Power of Central Government to Prohibit Theappointment of Sole Selling Agents in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....whether singly or taken together, in the shares of the company, the aggregate amount paid-up on which exceeds five lakhs of rupees or five per cent of the paid-up share capital of the company whichever is the lesser; (iii) in relation to a body corporate, means the beneficial interest held by such body corporate or one or more of its directors or any relative of such director, whether singly or taken together, in the shares of the company, the aggregate amount paid-up on which exceeds five lakhs of rupees or five per cent of the paid-up share capital of the company, whichever is the lesser.] _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 41 of 1974, Section 27 (w.e.f. 1-2-1975).

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.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

The Kerala Tax on Paper Lotteries Act 2005[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2005

.....in usual draw of lotteries. (d)"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes appointed under Section 3 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act 1963 (Act 15 of 1963); (e)"Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes appointed under Section 3 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (Act 15 of 1963); (f)"Deputy Commissioner (Appeal)" means the Deputy Commissioner (Appeal) of Commercial Taxes appointed under Section 3 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963; (g)"Draw" means any method by which the prize winning number of numbers are drawn for each lottery, by operation of the draw machine or any other manual mechanical method which selects numbers on a methodology and where the operation is visibly transparent to the viewers; (h)"Joint Commissioner" means the Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes appointed under Section 3 of the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (Act 15 of 1963); (i)"Lottery" means a scheme, in whatever form and by whatever name called for distribution of prizes by lot of chance to those persons participating in the chances of a prize by purchasing tickets organized by the Government of India or the Government of a State.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 294

Title: Appointment of Sole Selling Agents to Requireapproval of Company in General Meeting

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....Government is of the opinion that having regard to the terms and conditions of appointment of any of the selling agents and to any other relevant factors, that selling agent is to all intents and purposes the sole selling agent for such area, although there may be one or more other selling agents of the company operating in that area, the Central Government may by order declare that selling agent to be the sole selling agent of the company for that area with effect from such date as may be specified in the order and may make suitable variations in such of the terms and conditions of appointment of that selling agent as are in the opinion of the Central Government prejudicial to the interests of the company; (d) as from the date specified in clause (c) the appointment of the selling agent declared to be the sole selling agent shall be regulated by the terms and conditions as varied by the Central Government. (7) It shall be the duty of the company - (a) to produce to the person appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (5) or clause (b) of sub-section (6), all books and papers of, or relating to, the company which are in its custody or power; and (b) otherwise to give.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 294 to 298

Title: Appointment of Sole Selling Agents

State: Central

Year: 1956

1 Appointment of sole selling agents _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 101 ( w.e.f. 28-12-1960).

Companies Act, 1956 Section 294A

Title: Prohibition of Payment of Compensation Tosole Selling Agents for Loss of Office in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....in bringing about, the termination of the sole selling agency. (2) The compensation which may be paid by a company to its sole selling agent for loss of office shall not exceed the remuneration which he would have earned if he had been in office for the unexpired residue of his term, or for three years, whichever is shorter, calculated on the basis of the average remuneration actually earned by him during a period of three years immediately preceding the date on which his office ceased or was terminated, or where he held his office for a lesser period than three years, during such period.] _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 31 of 1965, Section 40 (w.e.f. 15-10-1965 ).

Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

Title: Companies Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....to winding up Section644 - Repeal of Acts specified in Schedule XII Section645 - Saving of orders, rules, etc., in force at commencement of Act Section646 - Saving of operation of section 138 of Act 7 of 1913 Section647 - Saving of pending proceedings for winding up Section647A - Transfer of winding up proceedings to Tribunal Section648 - Saving of prosecutions instituted by liquidator or court under section 237 of Act 7 of 1913 Section649 - Construction of references to former enactments in documents Section650 - Construction of "registrar of joint stock companies" in Act 21 of 1860 [Repealed] Section651 - Construction of references to extraordinary resolution in articles, etc. Section651A - Reference of winding up of companies in other laws Section652 - Appointment under previous companies laws to have effect as if made under Act Section653 - Former registration offices continued Section654 - Registers under previous companies laws to be deemed to be part of registers under Act Section655 - Funds and accounts under Act to be in continuation of funds and accounts under previous companies law Section656 - Saving of incorporation under repealed Acts .....