Taxmann’s Company Law Manual – 16th Edition July 2021

Taxmann’s Company Law Manual is a compendium of Companies Act, 2013 along with Relevant Rules framed thereunder. In other words, it contains Compilation of Amended, Updated & Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 [as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020] along with Amended Schedules (III & V), Circulars, Notifications, SS-1 to SS-4, and ICSI Guidance Note on CSR.

What sets this book apart is the unique way of presenting the Annotated, Amended & Updated text of the Companies Act and relevant Rules mapped with the relevant Section of the Act.

Annotation under each Section shows:

• Relevant Rules framed under the Relevant Section
• Reference to Relevant Forms prescribed
• Exemptions available to private companies/Government companies/Nidhis/Charitable Companies/Unlisted Public Company/Private Company operating from IFSCs located in SEZ
• The gist of Relevant Circulars and Notifications
• Date of enforcement of the provisions
• Corresponding provision under the 1956 Act
• Words & Phrases judicially noticed
• Allied Laws referred to in the provision(s), and
• Relevant provisions of SEBI Rules/SS-1 to SS-4/Listing Obligations/Table F of Schedule I

The Present Publication is the 16^th Edition, authored by Taxmann’s Editorial Board, as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 & updated till 30^th June 2021. This book is divided into three divisions:

• The Companies Act, 2013 with Rules
• Other Rules (15+)
• Circulars & Notifications

This book also incorporates the following:

• Amendments made by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 at a Glance
• Guide to the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020
• Exemptions to the following:
  • Private Companies
  • Section 8 Companies
  • Nidhis
  • Government Companies
  • Private company which is licensed to operate by RBI or SEBI or IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
  • Unlisted public company which is licensed to operate by RBI or SEBI or IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
• Tabular presentation of the following contents:
  • Table of Fees
  • Table of Fees Payable to National Company Law Tribunal
  • List of documents to be attached with a petition or application made before National Company Law Tribunal
  • Table of Fees Payable to National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
  • Fees payable under Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016
  • Table showing Sections of Companies Act, 2013 & Corresponding Provisions of Companies Act, 1956
  • Table showing Sections of Companies Act, 1956 & Corresponding Provisions of Companies Act, 2013
  • Table showing Sections of Companies Act, 1956 not covered in Companies Act, 2013
  • List of Circulars & Notifications

The contents of the book are as follows:

• Companies Act, 2013 with Rules

• • Arrangement of Sections of Companies Act, 2013
  • Arrangement of Rules framed under Companies Act, 2013
  • Key to Prescribed Forms
  • Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 & Rules framed
  • Appendix I: Provisions of other Acts referred to in Companies Act, 2013
  • Appendix II: Words & Phrases Judicially noticed
  • Appendix III: Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020
  • Subject Index
• Other Rules

• • National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016
  • National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016
  • National Company Law Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of President and Other Members) Rules, 2015
  • National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of the Chairperson and Other Members) Rules, 2015
  • Depository Receipts Scheme, 2014
  • Issue of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and Ordinary Shares (Through Depositary Receipt Mechanism) Scheme, 1993
  • Issue of Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bonds Scheme, 2008
  • Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members, Holding of Meetings and Provision for Offices and Officers) Rules, 2016
  • Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members of Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and Other Authorities
  • Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and Other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and Other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2020
  • National Financial Reporting Authority (Manner of Appointment and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2018
  • National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018
  • National Financial Reporting Authority (Meeting for Transaction of Business) Rules, 2019
  • National Financial Reporting Authority (Recruitment, Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Secretary, Officers and Other Employees of Authority) Rules, 2019
  • National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson, President and Other Members) Rules, 2020
• Circulars & Notifications

• • Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013