1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application.
2 - Definitions.
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3 - Formation of company.
3A - Members severally liable in certain cases.
4 - Memorandum.
5 - Articles.
6 - Act to override memorandum, articles, etc.
7 - Incorporation of company.
8 - Formation of companies with charitable objects, etc.
9 - Effect of registration.
10 - Effect of memorandum and articles.
10A - Commencement of business, etc.
11 - [Omitted].
12 - Registered office of company.
13 - Alteration of memorandum.
14 - Alteration of articles.
15 - Alteration of memorandum or articles to be noted in every copy.
16 - Rectification of name of company.
17 - Copies of memorandum, articles, etc., to be given to members.
18 - Conversion of companies already registered.
19 - Subsidiary company not to hold shares in its holding company.
20 - Service of documents.
21 - Authentication of documents, proceedings and contracts.
22 - Execution of bills of exchange, etc.
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23 - Public offer and private placement.
24 - Power of Securities and Exchange Board to regulate issue and transfer of securities, etc.
25 - Document containing offer of securities for sale to be deemed prospectus.
26 - Matters to be stated in prospectus.
27 - Variation in terms of contract or objects in prospectus.
28 - Offer of sale of shares by certain members of company.
29 - Public offer of securities to be in dematerialised form.
30 - Advertisement of prospectus.
31 - Shelf prospectus.
32 - Red herring prospectus.
33 - Issue of application forms for securities
34 - Criminal liability for mis-statements in prospectus.
35 - Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectus.
36 - Punishment for fraudulently inducing persons to invest money.
37 - Action by affected persons.
38 - Punishment for personation for acquisition, etc., of securities
39 - Allotment of securities by company.
40 - Securities to be dealt with in stock exchanges.
41 - Global depository receipt.
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42 - Issue of shares on private placement basis.
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43 - Kinds of share capital.
44 - Nature of shares or debentures.
45 - Numbering of shares
46 - Certificate of shares.
47 - Voting rights
48 - Variation of shareholders‘ rights
49 - Calls on shares of same class to be made on uniform basis.
50 - Company to accept unpaid share capital, although not called up.
51 - Payment of dividend in proportion to amount paid-up
52 - Application of premiums received on issue of shares.
53 - Prohibition on issue of shares at discount.
54 - Issues of sweat equity shares
55 - Issue and redemption of preference shares.
56 - Transfer and transmission of securities.
57 - Punishment for personation of shareholder.
58 - Refusal of registration and appeal against refusal.
59 - Rectification of register of members.
60 - Publication of authorised, subscribed and paid-up capital.
61 - Power of limited company to alter its share capital.
62 - Further issue of share capital.
63 - Issue of bonus shares
64 - Notice to be given to Registrar for alteration of share capital.
65 - Unlimited company to provide for reserve share capital on conversion into limited company.
66 - Reduction of share capital.
67 - Restrictions on purchase by company or giving of loans by it for purchase of its shares.
68 - Power of company to purchase its own securities.
69 - Transfer of certain sums to capital redemption reserve account.
70 - Prohibition for buy-back in certain circumstances.
71 - Debentures
72 - Power to nominate.
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73 - Prohibition on acceptance of deposits from public.
74 - Repayment of deposits, etc., accepted before commencement of this Act.
75 - Damages for fraud.
76 - Acceptance of deposits from public by certain companies.
76A - Punishment for contravention of section 73 or section 76.
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77 - Duty to register charges, etc
78 - Application for registration of charge
79 - Section 77 to apply in certain matters.
80 - Date of notice of charge.
81 - Register of charges to be kept by Registrar.
82 - Company to report satisfaction of charge
83 - Power of Registrar to make entries of satisfaction and release in absence of intimation from company.
84 - Intimation of appointment of receiver or manager.
85 - Company‘s register of charges.
86 - Punishment for contravention.
87 - Rectification by Central Government in Register of charges.
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88 - Register of members, etc.
89 - Declaration in respect of beneficial interest in any share
90 - Register of significant beneficial owners in a Company.
91 - Power to close register of members or debenture holders or other security holders
92 - Annual return.
93 - Omitted.
94 - Place of keeping and inspection of registers, returns, etc.
95 - Registers, etc., to be evidence.
96 - Annual general meeting.
97 - Power of Tribunal to call annual general meeting
98 - Power of Tribunal to call meetings of members, etc
99 - Punishment for default in complying with provisions of sections 96 to 98.
100 - Calling of extraordinary general meeting.
101 - Notice of meeting.
102 - Statement to be annexed to notice
103 - Quorum for meetings
104 - Chairman of meetings.
105 - Proxies
106 - Restriction on voting rights.
107 - Voting by show of hands.
108 - Voting through electronic means.
109 - Demand for poll.
110 - Postal ballot.
111 - Circulation of members‘ resolution.
112 - Representation of President and Governors in meetings.
113 - Representation of corporations at meeting of companies and of creditors.
114 - Ordinary and special resolutions.
115 - Resolutions requiring special notice
116 - Resolutions passed at adjourned meeting
117 - Resolutions and agreements to be filed.
118 - Minutes of proceedings of general meeting, meeting of Board of Directors and other meeting and resolutions passed by postal ballot.
119 - Inspection of minute-books of general meeting
120 - Maintenance and inspection of documents in electronic form.
121 - Report on annual general meeting.
122 - Applicability of this Chapter to One Person Company
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123 - Declaration of dividend
124 - Unpaid Dividend Account
125 - Investor Education and Protection Fund.
126 - Right to dividend, rights shares and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending registration of transfer of shares.
127 - Punishment for failure to distribute dividends.
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128 - Books of account, etc., to be kept by company
129 - Financial statement.
129A - Periodical financial results.
130 - Re-opening of accounts on court‘s or Tribunal‘s orders
131 - Voluntary revision of financial statements or Board‘s report
132 - Constitution of National Financial Reporting Authority
133 - Central Government to prescribe accounting standards
134 - Financial statement, Board‘s report, etc.
135 - Corporate Social Responsibility
136 - Right of member to copies of audited financial statement
137 - Copy of financial statement to be filed with Registrar
138 - Internal Audit.
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139 - Appointment of auditors
140 - Removal, resignation of auditor and giving of special notice.
141 - Eligibility, qualifications and disqualifications of auditors.
142 - Remuneration of auditors.
143 - Powers and duties of auditors and auditing standards.
144 - Auditor not to render certain services.
145 - Auditor to sign audit reports, etc.
146 - Auditors to attend general meeting.
147 - Punishment for contravention.
148 - Central Government to specify audit of items of cost in respect of certain companies.
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149 - Company to have Board of Directors
150 - Manner of selection of independent directors and maintenance of data bank of independent directors.
151 - Appointment of director elected by small shareholders.
152 - Appointment of directors
153 - Application for allotment of Director Identification Number.
154 - Allotment of Director Identification Number.
155 - Prohibition to obtain more than one Director Identification Number.
156 - Director to intimate Director Identification Number
157 - Company to inform Director Identification Number to Registrar.
158 - Obligation to indicate Director Identification Number.
159 - Penalty for default of certain provisions
160 - Right of persons other than retiring directors to stand for directorship.
161 - Appointment of additional director, alternate director and nominee director.
162 - Appointment of directors to be voted individually.
163 - Option to adopt principle of proportional representation for appointment of directors.
164 - Disqualifications for appointment of director.
165 - Number of directorships.
166 - Duties of directors.
167 - Vacation of office of director.
168 - Resignation of director.
169 - Removal of directors
170 - Register of directors and key managerial personnel and their shareholding.
171 - Members‘ right to inspect.
172 - Penalty.
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173 - Meetings of Board.
174 - Quorum for meetings of Board
175 - Passing of resolution by circulation
176 - Defects in appointment of directors not to invalidate actions taken
177 - Audit committee
178 - Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee.
179 - Powers of Board.
180 - Restrictions on powers of Board.
181 - Company to contribute to bona fide and charitable funds, etc.
182 - Prohibitions and restrictions regarding political contributions
183 - Power of Board and other persons to make contributions to national defence fund, etc.
184 - Disclosure of interest by director.
185 - Loan to directors, etc
186 - Loan and investment by company
187 - Investments of company to be held in its own name.
188 - Related party transactions.
189 - Register of contracts or arrangements in which directors are interested
190 - Contract of employment with managing or whole-time directors
191 - Payment to director for loss of office, etc., in connection with transfer of undertaking, property or shares.
192 - Restriction on non-cash transactions involving directors.
193 - Contract by One Person Company.
194 - Prohibition on forward dealings in securities of company by director or key managerial personnel
195 - Prohibition on insider trading of securities.
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196 - Appointment of managing director, whole-time director or manager.
197 - Overall maximum managerial remuneration and managerial remuneration in case of absence or inadequacy of profits.
198 - Calculation of profits
199 - Recovery of remuneration in certain cases
200 - Central Government or company to fix limit with regard to remuneration
201 - Forms of, and procedure in relation to, certain applications.
202 - Compensation for loss of office of managing or whole-time director or manager.
203 - Appointment of key managerial personnel.
204 - Secretarial audit for bigger companies
205 - Functions of company secretary.
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206 - Power to call for information, inspect books and conduct inquiries
207 - Conduct of inspection and inquiry.
208 - Report on inspection made.
209 - Search and seizure.
210 - Investigation into affairs of company.
211 - Establishment of Serious Fraud Investigation Office
212 - Investigation into affairs of company by Serious Fraud Investigation Office.
213 - Investigation into company‘s affairs in other cases.
214 - Security for payment of costs and expenses of investigation
215 - Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspector
216 - Investigation of ownership of company.
217 - Procedure, powers, etc., of inspectors.
218 - Protection of employees during investigation.
219 - Power of inspector to conduct investigation into affairs of related companies, etc.
220 - Seizure of documents by inspector
221 - Freezing of assets of company on inquiry and investigation.
222 - Imposition of restrictions upon securities.
223 - Inspector‘s report.
224 - Actions to be taken in pursuance of inspector‘s report.
225 - Expenses of investigation
226 - Voluntary winding up of company, etc., not to stop investigation proceedings
227 - Legal advisers and bankers not to disclose certain information.
228 - Investigation, etc., of foreign companies.
229 - Penalty for furnishing false statement, mutilation, destruction of documents
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230 - Power to compromise or make arrangements with creditors and members
231 - Power to Tribunal to enforce compromise or arrangement.
232 - Merger and amalgamation of companies.
233 - Merger or amalgamation of certain companies.
234 - Merger or amalgamation of company with foreign company
235 - Power to acquire shares of shareholders dissenting from scheme or contract approved by majority
236 - Purchase of minority shareholding.
237 - Power of Central Government to provide for amalgamation of companies in public interest.
238 - Registration of offer of schemes involving transfer of shares.
239 - Preservation of books and papers of amalgamated companies
240 - Liability of officers in respect of offences committed prior to merger, amalgamation, etc.
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241 - Application to Tribunal for relief in cases of oppression, etc.
242 - Powers of Tribunal.
243 - Consequence of termination or modification of certain agreements.
244 - Right to apply under section 241.
245 - Class action
246 - Application of certain provisions to proceedings under section 241 or section 245.
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247 - Valuation by registered valuers.
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248 - Power of Registrar to remove name of company from register of companies.
249 - Restrictions on making application under section 248 in certain situations.
250 - Effect of company notified as dissolved.
251 - Fraudulent application for removal of name
252 - Appeal to Tribunal.
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253 - Determination of sickness
254 - Application for revival and rehabilitation
255 - Exclusion of certain time in computing period of limitation.
256 - Appointment of interim administrator.
257 - Committee of creditors.
258 - Order of Tribunal.
259 - Appointment of administrator
260 - Powers and duties of company administrator.
261 - Scheme of revival and rehabilitation.
262 - Sanction of scheme
263 - Scheme to be binding
264 - Implementation of scheme
265 - Winding up of company on report of company administrator.
266 - Power of Tribunal to assess damages against delinquent directors, etc.
267 - Punishment for certain offences.
268 - Bar of jurisdiction
269 - Rehabilitation and Insolvency Fund.
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270 - Modes of winding up.
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271 - Circumstances in which company may be wound up by Tribunal.
272 - Petition for winding up.
273 - Powers of Tribunal.
274 - Directions for filing statement of affairs
275 - Company Liquidators and their appointments
276 - Removal and replacement of liquidator
277 - Intimation to Company Liquidator, provisional liquidator and Registrar
278 - Effect of winding up order.
279 - Stay of suits, etc., on winding up order.
280 - Jurisdiction of Tribunal.
281 - Submission of report by Company Liquidator
282 - Directions of Tribunal on report of Company Liquidator.
283 - Custody of company‘s properties
284 - Promoters, directors, etc., to cooperate with Company Liquidator.
285 - Settlement of list of contributories and application of assets.
286 - Obligations of directors and managers.
287 - Advisory Committee.
288 - Submission of periodical reports to Tribunal.
289 - Power of Tribunal on application for stay of winding up.
290 - Powers and duties of Company Liquidator.
291 - Provision for professional assistance to Company Liquidator
292 - Exercise and control of Company Liquidator‘s powers.
293 - Books to be kept by Company Liquidator
294 - Audit of Company Liquidator‘s accounts.
295 - Payment of debts by contributory and extent of set-off.
296 - Power of Tribunal to make calls.
297 - Adjustment of rights of contributories.
298 - Power to order costs.
299 - Power to summon persons suspected of having property of company, etc.
300 - Power to order examination of promoters, directors, etc.
301 - Arrest of person trying to leave India or abscond.
302 - Dissolution of company by Tribunal.
303 - Appeals from orders made before commencement of Act.
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304 - Circumstances in which company may be wound up voluntarily.
305 - Declaration of solvency in case of proposal to wind up voluntarily.
306 - Meeting of creditors.
307 - Publication of resolution to wind up voluntarily.
308 - Commencement of voluntary winding up.
309 - Effect of voluntary winding up.
310 - Appointment of Company Liquidator.
311 - Power to remove and fill vacancy of Company Liquidator
312 - Notice of appointment of Company Liquidator to be given to Registrar.
313 - Cesser of Board‘s powers on appointment of Company Liquidator.
314 - Powers and duties of Company Liquidator in voluntary winding up
315 - Appointment of committees.
316 - Company Liquidator to submit report on progress of winding up.
317 - Report of Company Liquidator to Tribunal for examination of persons
318 - Final meeting and dissolution of company
319 - Power of Company Liquidator to accept shares, etc., as consideration for sale of property of company
320 - Distribution of property of company
321 - Arrangement when binding on company and creditors.
322 - Power to apply to Tribunal to have questions determined, etc.
323 - Costs of voluntary winding up.
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324 - Debts of all descriptions to be admitted to proof
325 - Application of insolvency rules in winding up of insolvent companies.
326 - Overriding preferential payments.
327 - Preferential payments.
328 - Fraudulent preference
329 - Transfers not in good faith to be void
330 - Certain transfers to be void.
331 - Liabilities and rights of certain persons fraudulently preferred.
332 - Effect of floating charge.
333 - Disclaimer of onerous property.
334 - Transfers, etc., after commencement of winding up to be void.
335 - Certain attachments, executions, etc., in winding up by Tribunal to be void
336 - Offences by officers of companies in liquidation.
337 - Penalty for frauds by officers.
338 - Liability where proper accounts not kept
339 - Liability for fraudulent conduct of business
340 - Power of Tribunal to assess damages against delinquent directors, etc
341 - Liability under sections 339 and 340 to extend to partners or directors in firms or companies
342 - Prosecution of delinquent officers and members of company.
343 - Company Liquidator to exercise certain powers subject to sanction.
344 - Statement that company is in liquidation.
345 - Books and papers of company to be evidence.
346 - Inspection of books and papers by creditors and contributories.
347 - Disposal of books and papers of company
348 - Information as to pending liquidations.
349 - Official Liquidator to make payments into public account of India.
350 - Company Liquidator to deposit monies into scheduled bank
351 - Liquidator not to deposit monies into private banking account.
352 - Company Liquidation Dividend and Undistributed Assets Account
353 - Liquidator to make returns, etc.
354 - Meetings to ascertain wishes of creditors or contributories
355 - Court, tribunal or person, etc., before whom affidavit may be sworn.
356 - Power of Tribunal to declare dissolution of company void.
357 - Commencement of winding up by Tribunal.
358 - Exclusion of certain time in computing period of limitation.
359 - Appointment of Official Liquidator
360 - Powers and functions of Official Liquidator.
361 - Summary procedure for liquidation.
362 - Sale of assets and recovery of debts due to company.
363 - Settlement of claims of creditors by Official Liquidator.
364 - Appeal by creditor
365 - Order of dissolution of company
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366 - Companies capable of being registered
367 - Certificate of registration of existing companies
368 - Vesting of property on registration.
369 - Saving of existing liabilities
370 - Continuation of pending legal proceedings.
371 - Effect of registration under this Part.
372 - Power of Court to stay or restrain proceedings
373 - Suits stayed on winding up order
374 - Obligations of companies registering under this Part
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375 - Winding up of unregistered companies
376 - Power to wind up foreign companies although dissolved.
377 - Provisions of Chapter cumulative
378 - Saving and construction of enactments conferring power to wind up partnership firm, association or company, etc., in certain cases.
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378A - Definitions
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378B - Objects of producer company.
378C - Formation of Producer Company and its registration.
378D - Membership and voting rights of Members of Producer Company
378E - Benefits to Members.
378F - Memorandum of Producer Company.
378G - Articles of association.
378H - Amendment of memorandum.
378-I - Amendment of articles.
378J - Option to inter-State co-operative societies to become Producer Companies.
378K - Effect of incorporation of Producer Company.
378L - Vesting of undertaking in Producer Company.
378M - Concession, etc., to be deemed to have been granted to Producer Company
378N - Provisions in respect of officers and other employees of inter-State co-operative society.
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378-O - Number of directors.
378P - Appointment of directors.
378Q - Vacation of office by directors.
378R - Powers and functions of Board.
378S - Matters to be transacted at general meeting.
378T - Liability of directors.
378U - Committee of directors.
378V - Meetings of Board and quorum.
378W - Chief Executive and his functions.
378X - Secretary of Producer Company
378Y - Quorum
378Z - Voting rights.
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378ZA - Annual general meetings.
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378ZB - Share capital.
378ZC - Special user rights.
378ZD - Transferability of shares and attendant rights.
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378ZE - Books of account
378ZF - Internal audit.
378ZG - Duties of auditor under this Chapter
378ZH - Donation or subscription by Producer Company.
378Z-I - General and other reserves
378ZJ - Issue of bonus shares.
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378ZK - Loan, etc., to Members.
378ZL - Investment in other companies, formation of subsidiaries, etc.
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378ZM - Penalty for contravention.
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378ZN - Amalgamation, merger or division, etc., to form new Producer Companies.
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378Z-O - Disputes.
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378ZP - Strike off name of Producer Company.
378ZQ - Provisions of this Chapter to override other laws.
378ZR - Application of provisions relating to private companies.
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378ZS - Re-conversion of Producer Company to inter-State co-operative society.
378ZT - Power to modify Act in its application to Producer Companies
378ZU - Power to make rules.
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379 - Application of Act to foreign companies
380 - Documents, etc., to be delivered to Registrar by foreign companies.
381 - Accounts of foreign company.
382 - Display of name, etc., of foreign company
383 - Service on foreign company.
384 - Debentures, annual return, registration of charges, books of account and their inspection.
385 - Fee for registration of documents.
386 - Interpretation
387 - Dating of prospectus and particulars to be contained therein.
388 - Provisions as to expert‘s consent and allotment.
389 - Registration of prospectus.
390 - Offer of India Depository Receipts
391 - Application of sections 34 to 36 and Chapter XX
392 - Punishment for contravention
393 - Company‘s failure to comply with provisions of this Chapter not to affect validity or contracts, etc
393A - Exemptions under this Chapter.
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394 - Annual reports on Government companies.
395 - Annual reports where one or more State Governments are members of companies.
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396 - Registration offices.
397 - Admissibility of certain documents as evidence.
398 - Provisions relating to filing of applications, documents, inspection, etc., in electronic form.
399 - Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar
400 - Electronic form to be exclusive, alternative or in addition to physical form.
401 - Provision of value added services through electronic form
402 - Application of provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000.
403 - Fee for filing, etc
404 - Fees, etc., to be credited into public account.
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405 - Power of Central Government to direct companies to furnish information or statistics.
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406 - Provision relating to Nidhis and its application, etc.
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407 - Definitions
408 - Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal.
409 - Qualification of President and Members of Tribunal
410 - Constitution of Appellate Tribunal.
411 - Qualifications of Chairperson and members of Appellate Tribunal.
412 - Selection of Members of Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal.
413 - Term of office of President, Chairperson and other Members
414 - Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Members.
415 - Acting President and Chairperson of Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal.
416 - Resignation of Members.
417 - Removal of Members.
417A - Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Member.
418 - Staff of Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal
418A - Benches of Appellate Tribunal.
419 - Benches of Tribunal.
420 - Orders of Tribunal.
421 - Appeal from orders of Tribunal
422 - Expeditious disposal by Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal
423 - Appeal to Supreme Court.
424 - Procedure before Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal.
425 - Power to punish for contempt.
426 - Delegation of powers
427 - President, Members, officers, etc., to be public servants
428 - Protection of action taken in good faith.
429 - Power to seek assistance of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, etc.
430 - Civil court not to have jurisdiction.
431 - Vacancy in Tribunal or Appellate Tribunal not to invalidate acts or proceedings.
432 - Right to legal representation.
433 - Limitation.
434 - Transfer of certain pending proceedings
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435 - Establishment of Special Courts
436 - Offences triable by Special Courts.
437 - Appeal and revision.
438 - Application of Code to proceedings before Special Court.
439 - Offences to be non-cognizable.
440 - Transitional provisions.
441 - Compounding of certain offences.
442 - Mediation and Conciliation Panel.
443 - Power of Central Government to appoint company prosecutors
444 - Appeal against acquittal.
445 - Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause.
446 - Application of fines.
446A - Factors for determining level of punishment.
446B - Lesser penalties for One Person Companies or small companies.
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447 - Punishment for fraud
448 - Punishment for false statement.
449 - Punishment for false evidence.
450 - Punishment where no specific penalty or punishment is provided.
451 - Punishment in case of repeated default
452 - Punishment for wrongful withholding of property
453 - Punishment for improper use of ―Limited‖ or ―Private Limited‖.
454 - Adjudication of penalties.
454A - Penalty for repeated default.
455 - Dormant company.
456 - Protection of action taken in good faith.
457 - Non-disclosure of information in certain cases.
458 - Delegation by Central Government of its powers and functions.
459 - Power of Central Government of Tribunal to accord approval, etc., subject to conditions and to prescribe fees on applications
460 - Condonation of delay in certain cases
461 - Annual report by Central Government
462 - Power to exempt class or classes of companies from provisions of this Act.
463 - Power of court to grant relief in certain cases.
464 - Prohibition of association or partnership of persons exceeding certain number.
465 - Repeal of certain enactments and savings.
466 - Dissolution of Company Law Board and consequential provisions.
467 - Power of Central Government to amend Schedules.
468 - Power of Central Government to make rules relating to winding up.
469 - Power of Central Government to make rules.
470 - Power to remove difficulties.
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