Regulation 2 - Definitions. - Company Law Board Regulations, 1991

Definitions. 02. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) Act means the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); (b) Annexure means an Annexure to these Regulations; (c) Application means an application by which an interlocutory proceeding is commenced before a Bench; (d) Authorised representative means a person authorised in writing by a party under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 19 to function before a Bench as the representative of such party; [1] [(e) Bench means a bench of the Board and includes the Principal Bench [2] [, Additional Principal Bench] and a member sitting singly;] (f) Bench Officer means an officer notified by the Board for the purpose of (i) receiving, examining and processing of applications; and (ii) performing such other functions as may be entrusted to him by or under these Regulations; (g) Board means the Board of Company Law Administration, constituted under section 10E of the Act; (h) Certified means, in relation to a copy, certified as provided in section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872); (i) Chairman means Chairman of the Board; [3] [(j) company includes a non-banking financial company as defined in clause (f) of section 45-I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934) and a foreign company;] (k) Filed means filed in the office of the Bench; (l) Form means a form specified in Annexure II; [4] [(m) Member means a Member (whether judicial or technical) of the Board and includes the Chairman and Vice Chairman;] (n) The Monopolies Act means the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969); (o) Office of the Bench means the office of the Bench Officer; (p) Party means a person who files an application or petition before a Bench, the respondent, the Registrar of Companies or the Regional Director and includes any person who has a right under the Act [5] [or the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934)] to make suggestions or objections; (q) Petition means an application, appeal or complaint in pursuance of which any proceeding, not being an interlocutory proceeding, is commenced by the Bench; (r) Reference means a reference within the meaning of regulations 35, 40 and 42 of these Regulations; (s) Regional Director means a person appointed by the Central Government as a Regional Director for the purposes of the Act; (t) Registrar means Registrar of Companies appointed under the Act; (u) Sealed means sealed with the seal of the 'Board' or 'Bench'; (v) Secretary means Secretary to the Board and includes Under- Secretary to the Board and any other officer, by whatever name called, to whom powers and duties of Secretary may be entrusted under regulation 31; (w) Section means a section of the Act; [6] [(x) * * *] [7] [(y) Vice Chairman means Vice Chairman of the Board.] (2) Words or expressions occurring in these Regulations and not defined in sub-regulation (1) shall bear the same meaning as in the Act. ----------------- Notes:- [1] Substituted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1994, w.e.f. 25-7-1994, for the following: (e) Bench means a Bench of the Board formed under sub-section (4B) of section 10E of the Act; [2] Inserted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 2000, w.e.f. 14-12-2000. [3] Substituted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1997, w.e.f. 1-8-1997, for the following: (j) Company includes a foreign company; [4] Substituted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1994, w.e.f. 25-7-1994, for the following: (m) Member means a member of the Board; [5] Inserted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1997, w.e.f. 1-8-1997. [6] Omitted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1997, w.e.f. 1-8-1997. Prior to the omission it read as under: (x) Securities Act means the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956); [7] Inserted by the Company Law Board (Amendment) Regulations, 1994, w.e.f. 25-7-1994.