Section 1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application - Companies Act, 2013

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COMPANIES ACT, 2013 [ACT NO. 18 OF 2013] A Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent, commencement and application 1. (1) This Act may be called the Companies Act, 2013. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. (4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to ( a ) companies incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law; ( b ) insurance companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999); ( c ) banking companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949); ( d ) companies engaged in the generation or supply of electricity, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003); ( e ) any other company governed by any special Act for the time being in force, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of such special Act; and ( f ) such body corporate, incorporated by any Act for the time being in force, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, subject to such exceptions, modifications or adaptation, as may be specified in the notification. ******** Assented by the President of India on 29-8-2013. It has been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-1, dated the 30th August 2013 as Act No. 18 of 2013.

G.S.R. 525 (E) - Dated: 3-2-2020 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 03rd day of February, 2020 as the date on which the provisions of sub-sections (11) and (12) of section 230 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall come into force
File No. 1/1/2019-CL.I - Dated: 30-1-2019 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 30th January 2019 as the date on which the provisions of section 465 of the Companies Act, 2013 in so far as they relate to the repeal of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) [that in except in so far as they relate to the repeal of the Registration of Companies (Sikkim) Act, 1961 (Sikkim Act 8 of 1961)] shall come into force
F. No. 1/4/2016-CL-I - S.O. 5385(E) - Dated: 24-10-2018 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 24th October, 2018 as the date on which the sub-sections (2), (4), (5), (10), (13), (14) and (15) of section 132 of Companies Act, 2013 shall come into force
F. No. 1/4/2016-CL-I - S.O. 5098 (E) - Dated: 1-10-2018 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 1st October, 2018 as the date on which the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (12) of Section 132 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall come into force
File No. 1/4/2016-CL.I - Dated: 21-3-2018 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 21st March, 2018 as the date on which the provisions of sub-sections (3) and (11) of section 132 of the Companies Act 2013 shall come into force
F. No. 1/27/2013-CL-V - Dated: 18-10-2017 - Companies Law - Commencement of section 247 of Companies Act 2017
F. No. 01/13/2013-CL-V - S.O. 3086(E) - Dated: 20-9-2017 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 20th September, 2017 as the date on which proviso to clause (87) of section 2 of the Companies Act 2013, shall come into force - "subsidiary company" or "subsidiary"
F. No. 1/12/2013 CL-V - S.O. 2751(E). - Dated: 24-8-2017 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 24th day of August, 2017 as the date on which the provisions of sub-sections (8), (9) and sub-section (10) of section 212 of the said Act shall come into force
F. No. 1/37/2013 CL V - Dated: 13-4-2017 - Companies Law - Commencement of section 234 of Companies Act 2013
F. No. 1/28/2013-CL-V - Dated: 26-12-2016 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints 26th December, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of section 248 to 252 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) shall come into force
F. No. 2/31/CAA/2013-CL-V-pt - S.O. 3677(E) - Dated: 7-12-2016 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints 15th December, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of various sections of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) shall come into force
F. No. A-45011/14/2016-Ad-IV - Dated: 9-9-2016 - Companies Law - Certain provisions of companies act, 2013 came into force w.e.f. 9-9-2016
F. No. 5/27/2013-IEPF (Part) - S.O. 2866(E) - Dated: 5-9-2016 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints 7th September, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of section 124, sub-sections (1) to (4), (6) and (8) to (11) of section 125 of the said Act shall come into force
S.O. 1934(E) - Dated: 1-6-2016 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 01st day of June, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) shall come into force
S.O.1795 (E) - Dated: 18-5-2016 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 18th day of May, 2016, as the date on which the provisions of clause (iv) of sub-section (29) of section 2, sections 435 to 438 and section 440 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall come into force
F. No. 5/27/2013-IEPF (Part) - Dated: 13-1-2016 - Companies Law - Commencement of sub-sections (5), (6) and (7) of section 125 of CA 2013
S.O. 1820 (E) - Dated: 9-7-2014 - Companies Law - Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Fifth Order, 2014
F. No. 1/8/2013-CL-V - Dated: 6-6-2014 - Companies Law - Central Government appoints the 6th day of June, 2014 as the date on which the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 74 shall come into force.
File No. 1/5 /2013-CL. V - Dated: 26-3-2014 - Companies Law - Commencement Notification of the Companies Act, 2013 - More provisions of Companies Act, 2013 to come into effect w.e.f. 1.4.2014
1/15/2013-CL. V - Dated: 27-2-2014 - Companies Law - Notification related to provisions of section 135 and Schedule VII of Companies Act, 2013
F. No. 1/15/2013-CL-V - Dated: 20-9-2013 - Companies Law - Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Order,2013
1/15 /2013-CL. V - Dated: 12-9-2013 - Companies Law - Commencement Notification Of Companies Act 2013