Section - 579 - Companies Act, 1956

Section - 579 - Power to substitute memorandum and articles for deed of settlement

Power to substitute memorandum and articles for deed of settlement.

579. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a company registered in pursuance of this Part may, by special resolution, alter the form of its constitution by substituting a memorandum and articles for a deed of settlement.

(2) The provisions of

with respect to an alteration of the objects of a company shall, so far as applicable, apply to any alteration under this section, with the following modifications:—

(a) there shall be substituted for the printed copy of the altered memorandum required to be filed with the Registrar a printed copy of the substituted memorandum and articles; and

(b) on the registration of the alteration being certified by the Registrar, the substituted memorandum and articles shall apply to the company in the same manner as if it were a company registered under this Act with that memorandum and those articles, and the company’s deed of settlement shall cease to apply to the company.

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