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

Section 65. Every limited Company under this Act, whether limited by shares or by guarantee, shall paint or affi

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

65. Every limited Company under this Act, whether limited by shares or by guarantee, shall paint or affix, and shall keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the Company is carried on, in a conspicuous position, in letters easily legible, in the English language, and also, if the registered office be situate in a district beyond the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of a High Court, in one of the vernacular languages used in such district, and shall have its name engraven in legible characters in such language or languages on its seal, and shall have its name mentioned in legible characters in such language Companies. [ACT VI] language or languages in all notices, advertisements and other official publications of such Company, and in all bills of exchange, hundís, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of such Company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of credit of the Company. Penalties on non-publication of name.

Source: India Code