THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956

[Act No.1 of 1956 dated 18th January, 1956]
(As amended upto the Companies (Second Amendment) Act,2002)

³PART - I

• Preliminary

³PART - IA

• Board of Company Law Administration

² PART - IB

• National Company Law Tribunal

² PART - IC

• Appellate Tribunal

³PART - II

• Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental Thereto

³PART - III

• Prospectus and Allotment, and Other matters Relating to Issue of Shares or Debentures

³PART - IV

• Share Capital and Debentures

³PART - V

• Registration of Charges

³PART - VI

• Management and Administration

² [PART - VI-A

• Revival and Rehabilitation of Sick Industrial Companies ]

³PART - VII

• Winding Up

³PART - VIII

• Application of Act to Companies Formed or Registered under Previous Companies Laws

PART - IX

• Companies Authorised to Register under this Act.

¹ [PART - IX-A

• Producer Companies ]

³PART -  X

• Winding Up of Unregistered Companies

³PART - XI

• Companies Incorporated outside India

³PART - XII

• Registration Offices and Officers and Fees

³PART - XIII

• General

SCHEDULES

• ³Schedule I - Regulations for Management of a Company Limited by Shares
• Schedule IA - List of Relatives
• Schedule II - Matters to be specified in prospectus and reports to be set out therein
• Schedule III - Form of Statement in lieu of Prospectus to be delivered to Registrar by a company which does not issue a Prospectus or which does not go to allotment on a Prospectus issued, and reports to be set out therein
• Schedule IV - Form of Statement in lieu of prospectus to be delivered to Registrar by a private company on becoming a public company and reports to be set out therein
• Schedule V - Contents and Form of Annual Return of a Company having a share capital
• Schedule VI - Form of Balance-sheet [A. Horizontal Form]
• Schedule VI - Form of Balance-sheet [B. Vertical Form ]
• Schedule VII & VIII - Schedules VII and VIII, relating to managing agents, secretaries and treasurers omitted by Act No. 17 of 1969, w.e.f. 3rd. April, 1970]
• Schedule IX - Form of Proxy
• Schedule X - Table of fees to be paid to the Registrar
• ³Schedule XI - Form in which sections 539 to 544 of Act are to apply to cases where an application is made under section 397 or 398
• Schedule XII - Enactments repealed
• Schedule XIII - Conditions to be fulfilled for the appointment of a managing or whole-time director or a manager without the approval of the Central Government
• Schedule XIV - Rates of depreciation
• Schedule XV - Others
• ³Schedule to the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 - Amendments to The Insurance Act, 1938.

FOOT NOTE :

1. New Part IX-A has been inserted in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), after Part IX, by the the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2002, dated 31st December 2002

2. New Part IB, Part IC and Part VI-A has been inserted by The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002

3. Amended as per The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 dated 14^th January, 2003