- Short title, extent,commencement and application
(1) This Act may be called the Companies Act, 2013.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act
shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this
Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed
as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to—
(a) companies incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law;
(b) insurance companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent
with the provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 or the Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority Act, 1999;
(c) banking companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent
with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949;
(d) companies engaged in the generation or supply of electricity, except in so far
as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003;
(e) any other company governed by any special Act for the time being in force,
except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of such
special Act; and
(f) such body corporate, incorporated by any Act for the time being in force, as
the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, subject to such
exceptions, modifications or adaptation, as may be specified in the notification.