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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 It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 1956 .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 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 [1] It was repealed and replaced by the Companies Act 2013.
The 2013 Companies Act superseded the Companies Act of 1956, under whose provisions Indian corporations previously operated.In addition to the Companies Act, corporations are subject to other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).
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.
Initially, it was set up by a resolution adopted by the Government of India on 2 July 2003 and carried out investigations within the existing legal framework under section 235 to 247 of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. Later, Section 211 of the Companies Act, 2013, accorded the statutory status to SFIO. [1] [2]
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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 ...
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] It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmoded in terms of handling 21st century problems. [3]