Companies Act, 1956

Section - 293 - Restrictions on powers of Board

Restrictions on powers of Board.

293. (1) The Board of directors of a public company, or of a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, shall not, except with the consent of such public company or subsidiary in general meeting,—

         (a)  sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the whole, or substantially the whole, of the undertaking of the company, or where the company owns more than one undertaking, of the whole, or substantially the whole, of any such undertaking ;

         (b)  remit, or give time for the repayment of, any debt due by a director [except in the case of renewal or continuance of an advance made by a banking company to its director in the ordinary course of business] ;

          (c)  invest, otherwise than in trust securities, [the amount of compensation received by the company in respect of the compulsory acquisition, after the commencement of this Act], of any such undertaking as is referred to in clause (.... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store