Company defination.

This may sound a dumb question but a foreign company is incorporated under any company law of outside the india.

“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law;

any previous company law is of india??? Where is it written???
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This discussion clarifies the definition of a 'company' under Indian law, particularly distinguishing between companies incorporated in India and those incorporated abroad. It addresses the interpretation of 'previous company law' in relation to the Companies Act, 2013, and the Companies Act, 1956. The response highlights the importance of reasonable construction when interpreting statutes, rather than a purely literal approach, to resolve such queries.

It is taking about Comapny Act 1956 and their previous company Act
Here this act means companies act 2013(means this company was incorporated under companies act 2013), nd any another previous law here means that law , which was before the companies act 2013, for e.g companies act 1956..
Dear Harshit Mehta,
I hope you know there is something called "Interpretation of statutes".
You need not to do here literal construction rather you need to apply here reasonable construction.
If you didn't read that please go and read that then you'll get answer of your many questions on interpretation.

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