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THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
ACT NO. 18 OF 2013
[29th August, 2013.]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.—(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);
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April 2014 – S. 2(2), (7), (13), (31), (41), (42), (47), (48), (62), (83), (85) and Explanation (d) of clause (87); ss. 3, 4, 5, 6;
s. 7 [except sub-section (7)]; s. 8 [except sub-section (9)]; ss. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13; s. 14 [except second proviso to sub-section (1)
and sub-section (2)]; ss. 15, 16, 17 and 18; section 20; clause (b) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 23; sub-section
(3) of section 25; ss. 26, 27 and 28; sub-section (3) of s. 33; clause (e) of sub-section (1) of s. 35; sub-section (4) of s. 39; sub-
section (6) of s. 40; ss. 41, 42 and 43; ss. 46 and 47; ss. 52, 53 and 54; s. 55 [except sub-section (3)]; s. 56; s. 61 [except proviso
to clause (b) of sub-section (1)]; s. 62 [except sub-sections (4) to (6)]; ss. 63 and 64; ss. 67 and 68; sub-section (2) of section 70;
s. 71 [except sub-sections (9) to (11)]; ss. 72 and 73; sub-section (1) of s. 74; ss. 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85; ss. 87,
88, 89 and 90; ss. 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96; sub-section (6) of s.100; s. 101; third and fourth provisos to sub-section (1) and sub-
section (7) of s. 105; ss. 108, 109 and 110; clause (b) of sub-section (1) of s. 113; s. 115; ss. 117 and 118; s. 119 [except sub-
section (4)]; ss. 120, 121, 122 and 123; s. 126; ss. 128 and 129; s.134; ss. 136, 137, 138 and 139; s. 140 [except second proviso to
sub-section (4) and sub-section (5)]; ss. 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158,
159 and 160; sub-section (2) of s. 161; ss. 164, 165, 166, 167 and 168; s. 169 [except sub-section (4)]; ss. 170, 171, 172, 173, 174
and 175; ss. 177, 178 and 179; s. 184; ss. 186, 187, 188, 189, 190 and 191; s. 193; ss. 196, 197, 198, 199, 200 and 201; ss. 203,
204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210 and 211; s. 212 [except references of sub-section (10) of s. 66, sub-section (5) of s. 140], s.
213, sub-section (1) of s. 251 and sub-section (3) of s. 339 made in sub-section (6) and also sub-sections (8) to (10)]; ss. 214,
215; s. 216 [except sub-section (2)]; s. 217; ss. 219 and 220; s. 223; s. 224 [except sub-sections (2) and (5)]; s. 225; ss. 228 and
229; ss. 366, 367, 368 and 369; s. 370 (except the proviso); s. 371; s. 374; ss. 380 and 381; ss. 384 and 385; clause (a) of s. 386;
ss. 387, 388, 389 and 390; sub-section (1) of s. 391; ss. 392 and 393; ss. 395, 396, 397 and 398; s. 399 [except reference of word
Tribunal in sub-section (2)]; ss. 400, 401, 402, 403 and 404; s. 406; s. 442; ss. 454 and 455; s. 464; Schs. I, II, III, IV, V and VI,
vide notification No. S.O. 902(E), dated 26th March, 2014, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec.3(ii).
1st April, 2014 – S. 135 and Sch. VII, vide notification No. S.O. 582(E), dated 27th February, 2014, see Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
6th June, 2014 –Sub-sections (2) and (3) of s. 74, vide notification No. S.O. 1459(E), dated 6th June, 2014, see Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).