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COMPANIES ACT, 1956
COMPANY:
An association of two or more
persons who contribute money or
money's worth to a common stock
and employ it in some trade or
business, and who share the
profit or loss arising there after.
TYPES OF COMPANIES:
Companies can be broadly classified
into 3 categories:
1. Companies Limited by Shares
2. Companies Limited by Guarantee
3. Unlimited Companies
A company limited by shares:
* Is a registered company with
limited liability of its members.
* Also known as a Share Company.
A company limited by guarantee:
* Limited liability of members.
* Also known as a guarantee
company.
* No share capital.
An unlimited company:
* Unlimited liability of members.
* But, members aren't liable to the
company's creditors.
THERE ARE 7 OTHER TYPES
OF COMPANIES:
1. Chartered Company:
It is a company incorporated by a
charter granted by the Monarch
and is regulated by that charter.
Eg: The East India Company.
2. Statutory Company:
It is a company which is created by
a special Act of the Legislature
and is governed by the provisions
of that Act.
Eg: SBI and IFCI.
3. Private Company:
* A co. which has a minimum paid
up capital of one lakh rupees.
* Members limit is 50.
* No public subscription to its
shares and debentures.
4. Public Company:
* Minimum paidup capital of five
lakh rupees.
* Minimum no. of members is 7.
* May or may not invite public
subscription to its shares.
5. Holding & Subsidiary
Companies:
When a co. has control over
another co., it is Holding Co.
The co. over which control is
exercised is Subsidiary Co.
6. OneMan Company:
A member may hold virtually the
entire share capital of a co., such a
co. is OneMan Co.
* It can happen both in a public
and a pvt company.
7. Foreign Company:
* It is a Co. Incorporated in a
country outside India & has a
place of business in India.
* Must deliver documents ol the
Registrar of Companies, New
Delhi.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
S.S.GULSHAN
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