(1) The Central Government may, by order, require
companies generally, or any class of companies, or any
company, to furnish such information or statistics with
regard to their or its constitution or working, and within
such time, as may be specified in the order.
(2) Every order under sub-section (1) shall be published in
the Official Gazette and may be addressed to companies
generally or to any class of companies, in such manner, as
the Central Government may think fit and the date of such
publication shall be deemed to be the date on which
requirement for information or statistics is made on such
companies or class of companies, as the case may be.
(3) For the purpose of satisfying itself that any
information or statistics furnished by a company or
companies in pursuance of any order under sub-section (1) is
correct and complete, the Central Government may by order
require such company or companies to produce such records or
documents in its possession or allow inspection thereof by
such officer or furnish such further information as that
Government may consider necessary.
1 [(4) If any company fails to comply with an order made
under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3), or furnishes any
information or statistics which is incorrect or incomplete
in any material respect, the company and every officer of
the company who is in default, shall be liable to a penalty
of twenty thousand rupees and in case of continuing failure,
with a further penalty of one thousand rupees for each day
after the first during which such failure continues, subject
to a maximum of three lakh rupees.]
(5) Where a foreign company carries on business in India,
all references to a company in this section shall be deemed
to include references to the foreign company in relation,
and only in relation, to such business.
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1. Subs. by Act 29 of 2020, s. 57, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 21-12-2020).
(1) In this section, "iNidhi" or "Mutual Benefit Society" means a company which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society, as the case may be.
(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in the notification--
(a) shall not apply to any Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society; or
(b) shall apply to any Nidhis or Mutual Benefit Society with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the notification.
(3) A copy of every notification proposed to be issued under sub-section (2), shall be laid in draft before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, and if, both Houses agree in disapproving the issue of notification or both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification, the notification shall not be issued or, as the case may be, shall be issued only in such modified form as may be agreed upon by both the Houses.
(4) In reckoning any such period of thirty days as is referred to in sub-section (3), no account shall be taken of any period during which the House referred to in sub-section (3) is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.
(5) The copies of every notification issued under this
section shall, as soon as may be after it has been issued,
be laid before each House of Parliament.]
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1. Subs. by Act 1 of 2018, s. 81, for section 406 (w.e.f. 15-8-2019).