Companies Act Flashcards
Board meetings- sec 173(3) , Sec 96, Sec 174, Sec 174(1)
- Notice-writing-sec 173 (3)- even if right is waived.
- Unlike Sec 96, board meeting provisions
a) Not public holiday
b) registered office/city,town,village
c) only during business hours - Want of quorom-adjourned-same day-next week
- Quorom- Higher of 2 dir or 1/3 strength- excludes vacacny- transacting every business- sec 174(1)
Additional Directors
- Director- Contract or Arrangement-Interested
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Loans in excess of limits u/s 186(2)
- Postal Ballot-listed- business-loans- 186(2)
- Notice- members-limits-company-sources
- Prior approval of board
- Fin Inst approval
- Interest - < yeild of Govt secutity
- Parituculars-register- u/s 186(9)
- Copy of SR with ROI
Directors- Sec 141(3) , Sec 2(59) , Sec 160(1), Sec 185, Sec 184, Sec 188(1), Sec 184 , Sec 202 , Sec 180(1), Sec 162, Sec 176
- Disqualified - appt or re -auditor- officer or employee
- Director- employee- u/s 2(59)
- a)Any member- Any person - proposal- dir- 160(1)
b) Candidature- 14 days ahead - Dir or Indir- Guarantee- Loan- director- 185
- Disclosure of Interest - Sec 184
- If trans value> limit - SR - Sec 188(1)
- Minor- not diqualified- Cant obtain DIN- Sec 184
- a) WTD or MD or Manager,Remuneration- unexpired period or 3 years, Fraud,breach of trust,gross neg
b) once paid- cant be recovered -202 - SR- debt repayment-extension - Sec180(1)
- Two or more persons-director- Single resolution-162
- . Act not invalid untill notified by company-176
Dividends- Rule 3, Sec 2(35), Sec 127
Fundamental Principles- Profits, Undist, Moneys
- a). Rate of div-average - last 3 years
b) Reserves-1/10th-agg- paid up+free res- AFS
c) . Set of loss-balance-dividend
d) . Balance res- <15% of P.C- AFS
e) .Prev loss,depn-set off- current year
f) . P&L-credit- no restriction - Includes interim dividend- no revoke- bank a/c- 5 days of posting. `
- Paid within 30 days of posting
Contribution - Sec 181, 182
- Charitable - 181 - object- not- benefit for comp or employees-cont- no direct relation with business
- Political - 7.5% of average net profit-3 fin years- board meeting- resolution- full disclosure
Shares- Sec 173(3), Sec 67 , Sec 56 (4)c , Sec 62
- Oppresion-benefit one group- maintenance or acq of control- majorirty reduced to minority- sec173(3) no.
- Dir or Indir- Fin assistance-own shares- Public company- Exemption- Employee-6 mths- Sec 67
- Deliver share certificates-30days-appln- 56(4)c
- Fresh issue- existing shareholders
Foreign Company - Sec 2(42), Sec (380,381,382,384,386)
- Incorporated outside India
a) Place of business in India- Agent or phys or elec
b) Conducts business in any other manner - Documents-ROC- inform changes- 380
- FS- audit- deliver-ROC- 381
- Display name-liab- Country of incorp- 382
- comply-requirements- 384
- share trfr office- FC - 386
Employee or Officer - Sec 452
- a) Wrongfully obtains property of company
b) Possession-with holding - applies- other purpose
c) Fine = 10,000, Court- try , refund damages
Investigation of affairs - Sec 210,213,216
Investigation of all its business affairs,profit and loss account, and assets and liabilities,contracts and transactions investments and other properties amd control of subsidiary companies
- Investigation of affair (210 & 213)
- Investigation of ownership (216)
Director II - Sec 168, Sec 173(3) ,Sec 167(1)b, Sec 161(2), Sec 161 (1) , Sec 166, Sec 152(6),
- Resignation- Writing- Company. Take effect- date- recvd by company or specified in notice, board- cant refuse except . no acc- AOA , Letter states clause, tenor
- BM- 7 days notice - hand or elec- AD also Dir-173(3)
- If BM not attended-12 months- vacation-167(1)b
- AD- 3 months dir absent- more than one dir- 161(2)
- AD- office - next AGM - 161(1)
- No dir- assign his office- void- 166
- Not less that 2/3rd-1/3rd liable- criteria- resolution. 152(6)
Audit- Sec 141(3) , Sec 139(5)
- Indebtedness > 5,00,000
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Loans- Sec 186 (11) , Sec 186
- loans,investments-holding to subs- outside 186
- a) 60% and 100% limits
b) R- SR- Approval- Register- Disclose-Defaults
General Meetings- Sec 101
- Notice- 21 days before the meetings - 101
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AoA and MoA - Sec 10
- Company-members-vice versa- no outsider- 10
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