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The Companies Act, 1956

Application of Act (Section 561 to 564)

Section 561 Application of Act to companies formed and registered under previous companies laws.

Section 561 Application of Act to companies formed and registered under previous companies laws.

This Act shall apply to existing companies as follows :-

(a) in the case of a limited company other than a company limited by guarantee, this Act shall apply in the same manner as if the company had been formed and registered under this Act as a company limited by shares;

(b) in the case of a company limited by guarantee, this Act shall apply in the same manner as if the company had been formed and registered under this Act as a company limited by guarantee; and

(c) in the case of a company other than a limited company, this Act, shall apply in the same manner as if the company had been formed and registered under this Act as an unlimited company:

Provided that -

(i) nothing in Table A in Schedule 1 shall apply to a company formed and registered under Act 19 of 1857 and Act 7 of 1860, or either of them, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1866 (10 of 1866), or the Indian Companies Act, 1882 (6 of 1882);

(ii) reference, express or implied, to the date of registration shall be construed as a reference to the date at which the company was registered under the previous companies law concerned.