(1) This Act may be called the Companies Act, 2013.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and 1different dates may
be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to—
(a) companies incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law;
(b) insurance companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999);
(c) banking companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(d) companies engaged in the generation or supply of electricity, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);
(f) such body corporate, incorporated by any Act for the time being in force, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, subject to such exceptions, modifications or adaptation, as may be specified in the notification.
Footnotes in the official text
- 1.Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. 22nd January, 2021- Sections. 2, 11, clause (c) of sec. 18, Clause (ii) Sec. 22, Sections. 25, 27, 53, 55, 58, 60, 59, 62, 64, 65, vide notification No. S.O. 325(E), dated 21st January, 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii). 11th February, 2021- Sections. 52 & 66, vide notification No. S.O. 644(E), dated 11th February, 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii). 18th March, 2021-Sections. 32 & 40, vide notification No. S.O. 1255(E), dated 18th March, 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii). 1st September, 2021-Section. 4, vide notification No. S.O. 2904(E), dated 22nd July, 2021, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii). 1st July, 2022-Section. 56, vide notification No. S.O. 148(E), dated 11th January, 2022, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii). 30th October, 2023-Section. 5, vide notification No. S.O. 4744(E), dated 30th October, 2023, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).