SECTION 620c

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO COMPANIES IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

 

 

Notification notifying provisions of the Act as not applicable or applicable with modification in relation to companies in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 620C of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby directs that; with effect from the 15th August, 1968, the provisions of the said Act as specified in column (1) of the Schedule annexed hereto shall not apply, or as the case may be, shall apply  with such  exceptions, modifications or adaptations specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof, to  companies, other than banking, insurance and financial corporations, registered in the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the said date.

 

                                                                                SCHEDULE

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Provisions of the                                                      Extent of application

Companies Act, 1956

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Sub-section (4) of section                  For the words, figures and letters "the 1st day of

89                                                            December, 1949", the words, figures and letters "the

                                                                15th day of August, 1968" shall be substituted.

 

Section 211                                            After the proviso to sub-section (1), the following

                                                                proviso shall be inserted, namely:

 

                                                                "Provided further that in respect of any financial year

                                                                commencing on a date prior to the 15th day of August,

                                                                1968, the balance sheet of a company registered in the

                                                                State of Jammu and Kashmir need not be in the form

                                                                set out in Part I of Schedule VI".

Sub-section (1) of section                  Sub-section (1) of section 226 shall not apply to a

226                                                          private company which is not a subsidiary of a public

                                                                company in respect of the balance sheet and profit

                                                                and loss account relating to any financial year commencing

before the 15th day of August, 1968.

Section 259                                            In clause (a), for the words, figures and letters "the

                                                                21st day of July, 1951", the words, figures and letters

                                                                "the 15th day of August, 1968" shall be substituted.

 

Section 284                                            In the first proviso to sub-section (1), for the words,

                                                                figures and letters "the first day of April, 1952", the

                                                                words, figures and letters "the 15th day of August,

                                                                1968" shall be substituted.

 

Section 294                                            (i) Reference to the commencement of the Com-

                                                                     panies (Amendment) Act, 1960, shall in relation

                                                                     to a company registered in the State of Jammu

                                                                     and Kashmir, be construed as reference to the

                                                                     commencement of the companies Act, 1956, in

                                                                      that State.

                                                                (ii) For sub-section (3), the following sub-section

                                                                     shall be substituted, namely:

                                                                "(3) Where, before the commencement of this Act in

                                                                the State of Jammu and Kashmir, a company registered

                                                                in that State has appointed a sole selling agent for any

                                                                area for a period of not less than five years and the

                                                                period of such appointment has not expired, and is

                                                                not likely to expire earlier, such appointment shall be

                                                                placed before the company in general meeting within

                                                                a period of eighteen months from such commencement,

and the company in general meeting may, by

                                                                resolution, terminate the appointment with effect

                                                                from such date, not being a date later than the 15th

                                                                day of August, 1970, as may be specified in the

                                                                resolution.

 

                                                                Provided that in the event of any omission to place

                                                                such appointment before the company in general

                                                                meeting for its approval, such appointment shall

                                                                stand terminated on the expiry of the period of

                                                                eighteen months from such commencement."

 

Section 295                                            In sub-section (6), for the words, figures and letters

                                                                "the 1st day of April, 1956", the words, figures and

                                                                letters "the 15th day of August, 1968" shall be

                                                                substituted.

 

Section 325                                            In sub-section (4), for the words, figures and letters

                                                                "the 15th day of August, 1956", the words, figures and

                                                                letters "the 31st day of March, 1970" shall be substituted.

Section 330                                            Shall not apply.

Section 332                                            In sub-section (1), for the words, figures and letters

                                                                "the 15th day of August, 1960", the words, figures and

                                                                letters "the 31st day of March, 1970" shall be substituted.

Section 361                                            For the words and figures "the first day of March,

                                                                1958", the words and figures  "the third day of April,

                                                                1970" shall be substituted.

Section 373                                            (i) For the words and figures "after the first day of

                                                                April, 1952", the words and figures "before the fifteenth

                                                                day of August, 1968" shall be substituted.

                                                                (ii) For the words "within six months" the words

                                                                within eighteen months" shall be substituted.

Section 618                                            Shall not apply.

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* NOTIFICATION NO. GSR 71, DATED 29-12-1969.