No. of members and capital req.

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yogesh sharma (Querist)
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28 November 2013 what is the minimum and maximum no. of the members and capital requirment in public and private companies as per new company act?

Ajay Mishra

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28 November 2013
INCORPORATION OF COMPANY AND MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO

Section 3. (1) A company may be formed for any lawful purpose by—
(a) seven or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a public
company;
(b) two or more persons, where the company to be formed is to be a private company; or
(c) one person, where the company to be formed is to be One Person Company
that is to say, a private company,
by subscribing their names or his name to a memorandum and complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration:
Provided that the memorandum of One Person Company shall indicate the name of the
other person, with his prior written consent in the prescribed form, who shall, in the event of the subscriber’s death or his incapacity to contract become the member of the company and the written consent of such person shall also be filed with the Registrar at the time of incorporation of the One Person Company along with its memorandum and articles:

Provided further that such other person may withdraw his consent in such manner as
may be prescribed:
Provided also that the member of One Person Company may at any time change the
name of such other person by giving notice in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided also that it shall be the duty of the member of One Person Company to
intimate the company the change, if any, in the name of the other person nominated by him by indicating in the memorandum or otherwise within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, and the company shall intimate the Registrar any such change within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed:

Ajay Mishra

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28 November 2013 Section 2(68) “private company” means a company having a minimum paid-up share
capital of one lakh rupees or such higher paid-up share capital as may be prescribed,
and which by its articles,—
(i) restricts the right to transfer its shares;
(ii) except in case of One Person Company, limits the number of its members to two hundred:
Provided that where two or more persons hold one or more shares in a company jointly, they shall, for the purposes of this clause, be treated as a single
member:
Provided further that—
(A) persons who are in the employment of the company; and
(B) persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the company,
were members of the company while in that employment and have continued to
be members after the employment ceased,
shall not be included in the number of members; and
(iii) prohibits any invitation to the public to subscribe for any securities of
the company;

Ajay Mishra

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28 November 2013 Section 2(71) “public company” means a company which—
(a) is not a private company;
(b) has a minimum paid-up share capital of five lakh rupees or such higher
paid-up capital, as may be prescribed:
Provided that a company which is a subsidiary of a company, not being a private
company, shall be deemed to be public company for the purposes of this Act even
where such subsidiary company continues to be a private company in its articles ;

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