Cos 462 — Power to exempt class or classes of companies from provisions of this Act

Companies Act, 2013

Statutory text

(1) The Central Government may in the public interest, by notification direct that any of the provisions of this Act,—
(a) shall not apply to such class or classes of companies; or (b)  shall  apply  to  the  class  or  classes  of  companies  with  such  exceptions,  modifications  and adaptations as may be specified in the notification.

[(2) A copy of every notification proposed to be  issued under sub-section (1), shall be laid in draft before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, and if, both Houses agree  in  disapproving  the  issue  of  notification  or  both  Houses  agree  in  making  any  modification  in  the notification, the notification shall not be issued or, as the case may be, shall be issued only in such modified form as may be agreed upon by both the Houses.
(3) In reckoning any such period of thirty days as is referred to in sub-section (2), no account shall be taken  of any period during which the  House referred to in sub-section (2) is prorogued  or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.
(4) The copies of every notification issued under this section shall, as soon as may be after it has been issued, be laid before each House of Parliament.]

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