Companies Act, 2013

E460888

Indian parliamentary statute company law corporate governance legislation

The Companies Act, 2013 is India’s primary corporate legislation that modernizes and regulates the incorporation, governance, and functioning of companies in the country.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Companies Act of India	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian parliamentary statute ⓘ company law ⓘ corporate governance legislation ⓘ
administeredBy	Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendedBy	Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 NERFINISHED ⓘ
assentDate	2013-08-29 ⓘ
assentedBy	President of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	auditors and audit standards ⓘ board composition and duties ⓘ compromises, arrangements and reconstructions ⓘ corporate social responsibility ⓘ disqualification of directors ⓘ fraud and penalties ⓘ inspection, inquiry and investigation ⓘ issue and transfer of securities ⓘ maintenance of books of account ⓘ mergers and amalgamations ⓘ prevention of oppression and mismanagement ⓘ producer companies ⓘ registered valuers ⓘ related party transactions ⓘ removal and resignation of auditors ⓘ winding up of companies ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
CSRRequirement	certain companies must spend at least 2% of average net profits on CSR activities ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	National Company Law Appellate Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ National Company Law Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ Serious Fraud Investigation Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullyOperationalBy	2014 ⓘ
governs	one person companies in India ⓘ private companies in India ⓘ public companies in India ⓘ
introducesConcept	class action suits by shareholders ⓘ corporate social responsibility obligations ⓘ dormant company ⓘ independent directors ⓘ one person company ⓘ small company ⓘ woman director requirement for certain companies ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies ⓘ
partiallyCommencedOn	2013-09-12 ⓘ
primaryPurpose	regulate corporate governance of companies in India ⓘ regulate incorporation of companies in India ⓘ regulate management and winding up of companies in India ⓘ
replaces	Companies Act, 1956 NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	applies to companies incorporated under this Act or any previous company law in India ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	2013 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited → governedBy → Companies Act, 2013 ⓘ

Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited → governingLaw → Companies Act, 2013 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Companies Act of India