This book is the most authentic and comprehensive book, in a Pocket Hardbound format, on Companies Act, 2013. It covers the Amended, Updated & Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 [as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 & Tribunal Reforms Act 2021] and 60+ Rules framed thereunder along with Circulars & Notifications and Secretarial Standards.

This book is divided into the following three divisions:

• The Companies Act, 2013
• 60+ Rules framed under the Companies Act, 2013
• Circulars & Notifications issued under Companies Act, 2013 & Secretarial Standards

Along with the above, the readers also get a specially curated & comprehensive Guide to Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020

The Present Publication is the 39^th Edition & updated till 31^st May 2022. This book is authored by Taxmann's Editorial Board, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Taxmann's series of Bestseller Books] on Companies Act
• [Follows the Six-Sigma Approach] to achieve the benchmark of 'zero error.'

What sets it apart is the presentation/coverage of the Companies Act with corresponding Rules, Circulars & Notifications. In other words, the Annotation under each Section shows:

• Relevant Rules framed under the relevant Section
• Reference to relevant Forms prescribed
• Exemptions available to Private Companies, Government Companies, Nidhis, Charitable Companies, Unlisted Public Company, and Private Companies operating from IFSCs located in SEZ
• Gist of relevant Circulars & Notifications
• Date of enforcement of provisions
• Corresponding provisions under the 1956 Act
• Words & Phrases judicially noticed
• Allied Laws referred to in the provision
• Relevant provisions of SEBI Rules/SS-1 to SS-4/Listing Obligations/Table F of Schedule I

The contents of the book are as follows:

• List of Rules/Regulations
• Alphabetical list of Rules/Regulations
• Amendments made by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 at a Glance
• Guide to the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020
• Exemptions:
• Private Companies
• Section 8 Companies
• Nidhis
• Government Companies
• Exemptions to Private Company that is licensed to operate by RBI or SEBI, or IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
• Exemptions to an unlisted public company that is licensed to operate by RBI or SEBI, or IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
• List of Circulars & Notifications
• Companies Act, 2013 with Rules
• Arrangement of Sections
• Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 and Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021 with Rules framed thereunder
• Appendix I: Provisions of other Acts referred to in Companies Act, 2013
• Appendix II: Words & Phrases Judicially noticed
• Appendix III: Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020
• Rules framed under the Companies Act, 2013
• Key to Prescribed Forms
• Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Issue of Global Depository Receipts) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules, 2015
• Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Inspection, Investigation, and Inquiry) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Authorised to Register) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014
• Nidhi Rules, 2014
• National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016
• National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016
• National Company Law Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of President and Other Members) Rules, 2015
• National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of the Chairperson and Other Members) Rules, 2015
• Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Miscellaneous) Rules, 2014
• Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014
• Depository Receipts Scheme, 2014
• Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
• Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021
• Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members, Holding of Meetings and Provision for Offices and Officers) Rules, 2016
• Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016
• Companies (Mediation and Conciliation) Rules, 2016
• Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016
• Companies (Transfer of Pending Proceedings) Rules, 2016
• Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016
• National Company Law Tribunal (Procedure for Reduction of Share Capital of Company) Rules, 2016
• Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members of Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and other Authorities
• Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021
• Companies (Arrests in Connection with Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules, 2017
• Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017
• Companies (Restriction on Number of Layers) Rules, 2017
• Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018
• National Financial Reporting Authority (Manner of Appointment and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2018
• Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018
• Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts) Rules, 2018
• Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form and Time of Preparation of Annual Report) Rules, 2018
• Specified Companies (Furnishing of Information about Payment to Micro and Small Enterprise Suppliers) Order, 2019
• National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018
• National Financial Reporting Authority (Meeting for Transaction of Business) Rules, 2019
• National Financial Reporting Authority (Recruitment, Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Secretary, Officers and Other Employees of Authority) Rules, 2019
• Companies (Creation and Maintenance of Data Bank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019
• Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 2020
• Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020
• National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson, President and Other Members) Rules, 2020
• Producer Companies Rules, 2021
• National Financial Reporting Authority appointment of Part-time member Rules, 2022
• Circulars & Notifications
• Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013