The Indian Companies Act 1882, 6 of 1882, (Rep., Act 1 of 1956)

Section 221. Application of Act to Companies formed under Act XIX of 1857 or VII of 1860

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

PART VI. APPLICATION OF ACT TO COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER THE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES ACTS. 221. Application of Act to Companies formed under Act XIX of 1857 or VII of 1860. PART VI. APPLICATION OF ACT TO COMPANIES REGISTERED UNDER THE JOINT STOCK COMPANIES ACTS. Application of Act to Companies formed under Act XIX of 1857 or VII of 1860. 221. Subject as hereinafter mentioned, this Act, with the exception of Table A in the first schedule, shall apply to Companies formed and registered under Act No. XIX of 1857 and Act No. VII of 1860, or either of them, in the same manner, in the case of a limited Company, as if such Company had been formed and registered under this Act as a Company limited by shares, and, in the case of Company other than a limited Company, as if such Company had been formed and registered as an unlimited Company under this Act; with this qualification, that, wherever reference is made expressly or impliedly to the date of registration, such date shall be deemed to refer to the date at which such Companies were respectively registered under the said Acts or either of them, and the power of altering regulations by special resolution given by this Act shall, in the case of any Company formed and registered under the said Acts or either of them, extend to altering any provisions contained in the table marked B annexed to Act No. XIX of 1857, and shall also, in the case of an unlimited Company formed and registered as last aforesaid, extend to altering any regulations relating to the amount of capital or its distribution into shares, notwithstanding that such regulations are contained in the memorandum of association. Application of Act to Companies registered under Act XIX of 1857 or VII of 1860.

Source: India Code