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Companies Act, 2013

2013 · Ministry of Corporate Affairs · 470 sections

The principal company-law statute. Governs incorporation, governance, audits, mergers, and winding-up.

Most-invoked sections
Companies · 2(87)

Subsidiary company defined

A company is a subsidiary of another (the holding company) if such other company controls the composition of its board, or exercises more than one-half of the voting power.

Companies · 149

Company to have Board of Directors

Every company shall have a Board of Directors consisting of individuals, with prescribed minimum and maximum, including at least one woman director and resident director.

Companies · 188

Related-party transactions

No company shall enter into any contract or arrangement with a related party with respect to specified transactions except with the consent of the Board and, in certain cases, the company by ordinary resolution.

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