Companies Act, 1956

Section - 372A - Inter-corporate loans and investments

[Inter-corporate loans and investments.

372A. (1) No company shall, directly or indirectly,—

         (a)  make any loan to any other body corporate;

         (b)  give any guarantee, or provide security, in connection with a loan made by any other person to, or to any other person by, any body corporate; and

          (c)  acquire, by way of subscription, purchase or otherwise the securities of any other body corporate,

exceeding sixty per cent of its paid-up share capital and free reserves, or one hundred per cent of its free reserves, whichever is more:

Provided that where the aggregate of the loans and investments so far made, the amounts for which guarantee or security so far provided to or in all other bodies corporate, along with the investment, loan, guarantee or security proposed to be made or given by the Board, exceeds t .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store