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CHAPTER XXVII

Section 417A: Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Member

The Companies Act, 2013

The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 (17 of 2026), in force from 25 August 2026 (notification S.O. 4713(E)), substitutes this section (qualifications, selection and service conditions of the Chairperson and Members of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal now follow the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026). The India Code file shown here does not yet carry that change. Source: India Code, https://indiacode.gov.in/handle/123456789/619582.

1[Notwithstanding

anything contained in this Act, the qualifications, appointment, term of office, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and other Members of the Appellate Tribunal appointed after the commencement of 2[the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter II of the said Act]:

Provided that the Chairperson and Member appointed before the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder as if the provisions of section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017 had not come into force.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 172 (w.e.f. 26-5-5017).
  2. 2.Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s. 28, for “Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017 (7 of 2017), shall be governed by the provisions of the section 184 of that Act” (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).

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