June 2023

Books of account, etc., to be kept by company (1) Every company shall prepare and keep at its registered office books of account and other relevant books and papers and financial statement for every financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company, including that of its branch office or offices, if any, and explain the […]

Punishment for failure to distribute dividends. Where a dividend has been declared by a company but has not been paid or the warrant in respect thereof has not been posted within thirty days from the date of declaration to any shareholder entitled to the payment of the dividend, every director of the company shall, if he is knowingly a party to the default, be

Right to dividend, rights shares and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending registration of transfer of shares Where any instrument of transfer of shares has been delivered to any company for registration and the transfer of such shares has not been registered by the company, it shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of

Investor Education and Protection Fund 1) The Central Government shall establish a Fund to be called the Investor Education and Protection Fund (herein referred to as the Fund). #(2) There shall be credited to the Fund— (a) the amount given by the Central Government by way of grants after due appropriation made by Parliament by

Unpaid Dividend Account (1) Where a dividend has been declared by a company but has not been paid or claimed within thirty days from the date of the declaration to any shareholder entitled to the payment of the dividend, the company shall, within seven days from the date of expiry of the said period of thirty days, transfer the total amount of dividend which

(1) No dividend shall be declared or paid by a company for any financial year except— (a) out of the profits of the company for that year arrived at after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2), or out of the profits of the company for any previous financial year or years arrived at after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions

Applicability of this Chapter to One Person Company. (1) The provisions of section 98 and sections 100 to 111 (both inclusive) shall not apply to a One Person Company. (2) The ordinary businesses as mentioned under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 102 which a company, other than a One Person Company, is required to transact at its annual general

Report on Annual General Meeting (1) Every listed public company shall prepare in the prescribed manner a report on each annual general meeting including the confirmation to the effect that the meeting was convened, held and conducted as per the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder. (2) The company shall file with the Registrar a copy of the report referred

Maintenance and Inspection of Documents in Electronic Form Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act, any document, record, register, minutes, etc.,— (a) required to be kept by a company; or (b) allowed to be inspected or copies to be given to any person by a company under this Act, may be kept or inspected or copies

Inspection of minute-books of general meeting (1) The books containing the minutes of the proceedings of any general meeting of a company or of a resolution passed by postal ballot, shall— (a) be kept at the registered office of the company; and (b) be open, during business hours, to the inspection by any member without charge, subject to such reasonable