Section 201: Forms of, and procedure in relation to, certain applications
This section is for outlining the forms and procedures that companies must follow when making certain applications to the Central Government.
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(1)Every application made to the Central Government under 2[section 196] shall be in such form as may be prescribed.
Every application made to the Central Government under this rule shall be in a prescribed form.
(2)(a) Before any application is made by a company to the Central Government under 3[section 196], there shall be issued by or on behalf of the company a general notice to the members thereof, indicating the nature of the application proposed to be made.
Before a company makes an application to the Central Government, it must issue a general notice to its members describing the application, which must be published at least once in a local language newspaper and at least once in an English newspaper, with copies of the notices and a publication certificate attached to the application.
(2)(b)Such notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper in the principal language of the district in which the registered office of the company is situate and circulating in that district, and at least once in English in an English newspaper circulating in that district.
(2)(c)The copies of the notices, together with a certificate by the company as to the due publication thereof, shall be attached to the application.
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Amendment notes
- 1. The words “the Central Government or” omitted by Act 1 of 2018, s. 69 (w.e.f. 12-9-2018).
- 2. The words “this Chapter” omitted by s. 70, ibid. (w.e.f. 12-9-2018).
- 3. Subs. by s. 70, ibid. for “any of the sections aforesaid” (w.e.f. 12-9-2018).
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