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Some provisions of the Act are still in force (as per Ministry of Corporate Affairs Website) Status: Repealed The Companies Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of India , enacted in 1956, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries . [ 1 ]
The 2013 Companies Act superseded the Companies Act of 1956, under whose provisions Indian corporations previously operated.In addition to the Companies Act, corporations are subject to other regulations administered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), [1] which has two branches: the Regional Director (RD) and the Registrar of Companies (ROC).
The Companies Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013) is an Act of the Parliament of India which forms the primary source of Indian company law. It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 1956. The Act was brought into force in stages.
Created in the year 1967 as a service to administer the Companies Act, 1956 as the Company Law Service, it was renamed as Indian Company Law Service in the year 2002. The service functioned under Ministry of Finance (Department of Company Affairs) till 2004, after which an independent ministry by the name Ministry of Corporate Affairs was created to administer the Corporate Sector in India.
The Companies Amendment Act, 2006 The Limited liability Partnership Act, 2008 In August 2013, The Companies Act, 2013 was passed to regulate corporations by increasing responsibilities of corporate executives and is intended to avoid the accounting scandals such as the Satyam scandal which have plagued India. [ 2 ]
Lok Sahayak Sena Act: 1956: 53 Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act: 1956: 55 Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act: 1956: 61 Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act: 1956: 62 Central Sales Tax Act: 1956: 74 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA) 1956: 78 Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act: 1956: 80 Faridabad ...
The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 (GIBNA) that followed paved the way for the Government to take over ownership of these businesses. Accordingly, GIC was incorporated on 22 November 1972 as a private company under Companies Act, 1956 [5] in Bombay and received its Certificate for Commencement of Business on 1 January 1973.
The introduction of the Companies Act 2013 (2013 Act), which replaced the previous Companies Act 1956, was one of the most important legal reforms in recent years (1956 Act). Though the 2013 Act was a start in the right way by introducing important improvements in areas like disclosures, investor protection, corporate governance, and so on ...