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Section 406: Provision relating to Nidhis and its application, etc.

The Companies Act, 2013Central Act · Act 18 of 2013

[406. Provision relating to Nidhis and its application, etc.--(1) In this section, "iNidhi" or "Mutual Benefit Society" means a company which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society, as the case may be.

(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in the notification--

(a) shall not apply to any Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society; or

(b) shall apply to any Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification.

(3) A copy of every notification proposed to be issued under sub-section (2), 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.

(4) In reckoning any such period of thirty days as is referred to in sub-section (3), no account shall be taken of any period during which the House referred to in sub-section (3) is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.

(5) 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.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Companies Act, 2013
Section406
Marginal noteProvision relating to Nidhis and its application, etc.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it5

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 1 of 2018. . Subs. by Act 1 of 2018, s. 81, for section 406 (w.e.f. 15-8-2019).

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