Provisions for facilitating reconstruction and amalgamation of companies.
Where an application is made to the Court under section 391 for the sanctioning of a compromise or arrangement proposed between a company and any such persons as are mentioned in that section, and it is shown to the Court- a that the compromise or arrangement has been proposed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the reconstruction of any company or companies, or the amalgamation of any two or more companies and b that under the scheme the whole or any part of the undertaking, property or liabilities of any company concerned in the scheme in this section referred to as a transferor company is to be transferred to another company in this section referred to as. the transferee company the Court may, either by the order sanctioning the compromise or arrangement or by a subsequent order, make provision for all or any of the following matters- i the transfer to the transferee company of the whole or any part of the undertaking, property or liabilities of any transferor company ii the allotment or appropriation by the transferee company of any shares, debentures, policies, or other like interests in that company which, under the compromise or arrangement, are to be allotted or appropriated by that company to or for any person iii the continuation by or against the transferee company of any legal proceedings pending by or against any transferor company iv the dissolution, without winding up, of any transferor company v the provision to be made for any persons who, within such time and in such manner as the Court directs, dissent from the compromise or arrangement and vi such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are necessary to secure that the reconstruction or amalgamation shall be fully and effectively carried out Provided that no compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the amalgamation of a company, which is being wound up, with any other company or companies, shall be sanctioned by the Court unless the Court has received a report from the Company Law Board, or the Registrar that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest Provided further that no order for the dissolution of any trans- feror company under clause iv . shall be made by the Court unless the Official Liquidator has, on scrutiny of the books and papers of the company, made a report to the Court that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest.
a that the compromise or arrangement has been proposed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the reconstruction of any company or companies, or the amalgamation of any two or more companies and
b that under the scheme the whole or any part of the undertaking, property or liabilities of any company concerned in the scheme in this section referred to as a transferor company is to be transferred to another company in this section referred to as. the transferee company the Court may, either by the order sanctioning the compromise or arrangement or by a subsequent order, make provision for all or any of the following matters- i the transfer to the transferee company of the whole or any part of the undertaking, property or liabilities of any transferor company ii the allotment or appropriation by the transferee company of any shares, debentures, policies, or other like interests in that company which, under the compromise or arrangement, are to be allotted or appropriated by that company to or for any person iii the continuation by or against the transferee company of any legal proceedings pending by or against any transferor company iv the dissolution, without winding up, of any transferor company v the provision to be made for any persons who, within such time and in such manner as the Court directs, dissent from the compromise or arrangement and vi such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are necessary to secure that the reconstruction or amalgamation shall be fully and effectively carried out Provided that no compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the amalgamation of a company, which is being wound up, with any other company or companies, shall be sanctioned by the Court unless the Court has received a report from the Company Law Board, or the Registrar that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest Provided further that no order for the dissolution of any trans- feror company under clause iv . shall be made by the Court unless the Official Liquidator has, on scrutiny of the books and papers of the company, made a report to the Court that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest.
the transfer to the transferee company of the whole or any part of the undertaking, property or liabilities of any transferor company
the allotment or appropriation by the transferee company of any shares, debentures, policies, or other like interests in that company which, under the compromise or arrangement, are to be allotted or appropriated by that company to or for any person
the continuation by or against the transferee company of any legal proceedings pending by or against any transferor company
the dissolution, without winding up, of any transferor company
the provision to be made for any persons who, within such time and in such manner as the Court directs, dissent from the compromise or arrangement and
such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are necessary to secure that the reconstruction or amalgamation shall be fully and effectively carried out Provided that no compromise or arrangement proposed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a scheme for the amalgamation of a company, which is being wound up, with any other company or companies, shall be sanctioned by the Court unless the Court has received a report from the Company Law Board, or the Registrar that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest Provided further that no order for the dissolution of any trans- feror company under clause iv . shall be made by the Court unless the Official Liquidator has, on scrutiny of the books and papers of the company, made a report to the Court that the affairs of the company have not been conducted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of its members or to public interest.
Where an order under this section provides for the transfer of any property or liabilities, then, by virtue of the order, that property shall be transferred to and vest in, and those liabilities shall be transferred to and become the liabilities of, the transferee company and in the case of any property, if the order so directs, freed from any charge which is, by virtue of the compromise or arrangement, to cease to have effect.
Within thirty days after the making of an order under this section every company in relation to which the order is made shall 1. Added by Act 31 of 1965, s. 49 w. e. f. 15- 10- 1965 . 2. Subs. by s. 62 and Sch., ibid. for fourteen w. e. f. 15- 10- 1965 . cause a certified copy thereof to be filed with the Registrar for registration. If default is made in complying with this sub- section, the com- pany, and every officer of the company who is in default, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
In this section- a property includes property, rights and powers of every description and liabilities includes duties of every description and b transferee company does not include any company other than a company within the meaning of this Act but transferor company includes any body corporate, whether a company within the meaning of this Act or not. Notice to be given to Central Government for applications under sec- tions 391 and 394.
a property includes property, rights and powers of every description and liabilities includes duties of every description and
b transferee company does not include any company other than a company within the meaning of this Act but transferor company includes any body corporate, whether a company within the meaning of this Act or not. Notice to be given to Central Government for applications under sec- tions 391 and 394.
Notice to be given to Central Government for applications under sec- tions 391 and 394.