Cos 22 — Execution of bills of exchange, etc

Companies Act, 2013

Statutory text

(1) A bill of exchange, hundi or promissory note shall be deemed to have been made, accepted, drawn or endorsed on behalf of a company if made, accepted, drawn, or endorsed in the name of, or on behalf of or on account of, the company by any person acting under its authority, express or implied.
(2) A company may, by writing

[under its common seal, if any,] authorise any person, either generally or in respect of any specified matters, as its attorney to execute other deeds on its behalf in any place either in or outside India:

[Provided  that  in  case  a  company  does  not  have  a  common  seal,  the  authorisation  under  this sub-section  shall  be  made  by  two  directors  or  by  a  director  and  the  Company  Secretary,  wherever  the company has appointed a Company Secretary.]
(3)  A  deed  signed  by  such  an  attorney  on  behalf  of  the  company  and  under  his  seal  shall  bind  the company

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