In this Act and in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956), as applied to the State of Kerala by section 3, unless the *Received the assent of the Governor on the 22nd day of December, 1961 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary dated 26th December, 1961.
1 w.e.f. 01.03.1962(vide S.R.O. Notification No. 3310/A4/62/ID dated 26.02.1962.
context otherwise requires,—
(1) “company” means a company, other than a trading corporation (including banking, insurance and financial corporations), with objects confined to the State of Kerala formed and registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956), as modified by this Act, or an existing company as defined in clause (2);
(2) “existing company” means a company, other than a trading corporation (including banking, insurance and financial corporations), with objects confined to the State of Kerala formed and registered under any of the companies laws, specified below:—
(i) Any Act or Acts relating to companies in force before the Indian Companies Act, 1866 (10 of 1866) and repealed by that Act;
(ii) The Indian Companies Act, 1866 (10 of 1866);
(iii) The Indian companies Act, 1882 (6 of 1882);
(iv) The Indian Companies Act, 1913 (7 of 1913);
(v) The Registration of Transferred Companies Ordinance, 1942 (54 of 1942);
(vi) The Travancore Companies Act, 1114 (IX of 1114);
(vii) The Cochin Companies Act, 1120 (XI of 1120);
(viii) The Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), before the commencement of this Act;
(3) “Registrar” means the Inspector General of Registration for the State of Kerala or such other officer as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint to be the Registrar for purposes of this Act.