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    Companies_Act,_1956
    Section / Rule Number   Content   
     
    146 Registered office of company
    147 Publication of name by company
    148 Publication of authorised as well as subscribed and paid-up capital
    149 Restrictions on commencement of business
    150 Register of members
    151 Index of members
    152 Register and index of debenture-holders
    152A Register and index of beneficial owners
    153 Trusts not to be entered on register
    153A Appointment of public trustee
    153B Declaration as to shares and debentures held in trust
    154 Power to close register of members or debenture-holders
    155 Omitted
    156 Omitted
    157 Power for company to keep foreign register of members or debenture-holders
    158 Provisions as to foreign registers
    159 Annual return to be made by company having a share capital
    160 Annual return to be made by company not having a share capital
    161 Further provisions regarding annual return and certificate to be annexed thereto
    162 Penalty and interpretation
    163 Place of keeping, and inspection of , registers and returns
    164 Registers etc., to be evidence
    165 Statutory meeting and statutory report of company
    166 Annual general meeting
    167 Power of Central Government to call annual general meeting
    168 Penalty for default in complying with section 166 or 167
    169 Calling of extraordinary general meeting on requisition
    170 Sections 171 to 186 to apply to meetings
    171 Length of notice for calling meeting
    172 Contents and manner of service of notice and persons on whom it is to be served
    173 Explanatory statement to be annexed to notice
    174 Quorum for meeting
    175 Chairman of meeting
    176 Proxies
    177 Voting to be by show of hands in first instance
    178 Chairman's declaration of result of voting by show of hands to be conclusive
    179 Demand for poll
    180 Time of taking poll
    181 Restriction on exercise of voting right of members who have not paid calls, etc
    182 Restrictions on exercise of voting right in other cases to be void
    183 Right of member to use his votes differently
    184 Scrutineers at poll
    185 Manner of taking poll and result thereof
    186 Power of Tribunal to order meeting to be called
    187 Representation of corporations at meetings of companies and of creditors
    187A Representation of the president and governors in meetings of companies of which they are members
    187B Exercise of voting rights in respect of shares held in trust
    187C Declaration by persons not holding beneficial interest in any share
    187D Investigation of beneficial ownership of shares in certain cases
    188 Circulation of members' resolutions
    189 Ordinary and special resolutions
    190 Resolutions requiring special notice
    191 Resolutions passed at adjourned meetings
    192 Registration of certain resolutions and agreements
    192A Passing of resolutions by postal ballot
    193 Minutes of proceedings of general meetings and of board and other meetings
    194 Minutes to be evidence
    195 Presumptions to be drawn where minutes duly drawn and signed
    196 Inspection of minute books of general meetings
    197 Publication of reports of proceedings of general meetings
    197A Company not to appoint or employ certain different categories of managerial personnel at the same time
    198 Overall maximum managerial remuneration and managerial remuneration in case of absence or inadequacy of profits
    199 Calculation of commission, etc., in certain cases
    200 Prohibition of tax-free payments
    201 Avoidance of provisions relieving liability of officers and auditors of company
    202 Undischarged insolvent not to manage companies
    203 Power to restrain fraudulent persons from managing companies
    204 Restriction on appointment of firm or body corporate to office or place of profit under a company
    204A Restrictions on the appointment of former managing agents or secretaries and treasurers to any office
    205 Dividend to be paid only out of profits
    205A Unpaid dividend to be transferred to special dividend account
    205B Payment of unpaid or unclaimed dividend
    205C Establishment of investor education and protection fund
    206 Dividend not to be paid except to registered shareholders or to their order or to their bankers
    206A Right to dividend, rights shares, and bonus shares to be held in abeyance pending registration of transfer of shares
    207 Penalty for failure to distribute dividends within thirty days
    208 Power of company to pay interest out of capital in certain cases
    209 Books of account to be kept by company
    209A Inspection of books of account, etc., of companies
    210 Annual accounts and balance sheet
    210A Constitution of national advisory committee on accounting standards
    211 Form and contents of balance sheet and profit and loss account
    212 Balance sheet of holding company to include certain particulars as to its subsidiaries
    213 Financial year of holding company and subsidiary
    214 Rights of holding company's representatives and members
    215 Authentication of balance sheet and profit and loss account
    216 Profit and loss account to be annexed and auditors' report to be attached to balance sheet
    217 Board's report
    218 Penalty for improper issue, circulation or publication of balance sheet or profit and loss account
    219 Right of member to copies of balance sheet and auditors' report
    220 Three copies of balance sheet, etc., to be filed with registrar
    221 Duty of officer to make disclosure of payments, etc
    222 Construction of references to documents annexed to accounts
    223 Certain companies to publish statement in the form in table f in schedule I
    224 Appointment and remuneration of auditors
    224A Auditor not to be appointed except with the approval of the company by special resolution in certain cases
    225 Provisions as to resolutions for appointing or removing auditors
    226 Qualifications and disqualifications of auditors
    227 Powers and duties of auditors
    228 Audit of accounts of branch office of company
    229 Signature of audit report, etc.
    230 Reading and inspection of auditor's report
    231 Right of auditor to attend general meeting
    232 Penalty for non-compliance with sections 225 to 231
    233 Penalty for non-compliance by auditor with sections 227and 229
    233A Power of central government to direct special audit in certain cases
    233B Audit of cost accounts in certain cases
    234 Power of registrar to call for information or explanation
    234A Seizure of documents by registrar
    235 Investigation of the affairs of a company
    236 Application by members to be supported by evidence and power to call for security
    237 Investigation of company's affairs in other cases
    238 Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspector
    239 Power of inspectors to carry investigation into affairs of related companies or of managing agent or associate, etc.
    240 Production of documents and evidence
    240A Seizure of documents by inspector
    241 Inspector's report
    242 Prosecution
    243 Application for winding up of company or an order under section 397 or 398
    244 Proceedings for recovery of damages or property
    245 Expenses of investigation
    246 Inspectors' report to be evidence
    247 Investigation of ownership of company
    248 Information regarding persons having an interest in company or in body corporate or firm acting as managing agent thereof
    249 Investigation of associateship with managing agents, etc.
    250 Imposition of restrictions upon shares and debentures and prohibition of transfer of shares or debentures in certain cases
    250A Voluntary winding up of company, etc., not to stop investi-gation proceedings
    251 Saving for legal advisers and bankers
     
         
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