Companies Act, 2013

55. Corresponds to section 142 of the 1956 Act.

56. Enforced with effect from 12-9-2013.

57. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020, with effect from a date yet to be notified. Prior to its substitution, sub-section (1), as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, w.r.e.f. 2-11-2018, read as under :

"(1) If any company contravenes any provision of this Chapter, the company shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to ten lakh rupees and every officer of the company who is in default shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both."

58. Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, w.r.e.f. 2-11-2018.