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Merger and amalgamation of companies.

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..... the undertaking, property or liabilities of any company (hereinafter referred to as the transferor company) is required to be transferred to another company (hereinafter referred to as the transferee company), or is proposed to be divided among and transferred to two or more companies, the Tribunal may on such application, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors or the members or class of members, as the case may be, to be called, held and conducted in such manner as the Tribunal may direct and the provisions of sub-sections (3) to (6) of section 230 shall apply mutatis mutandis. (2) Where an order has been made by the Tribunal under sub-section (1), merging companies or the companies in respect of which a division i .....

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..... y it in writing, decides otherwise; (b) the allotment or appropriation by the transferee company of any shares, debentures, policies or other like instruments in thecompany which, under the compromise or arrangement, are to be allotted or appropriated by that company to or for any person: Provided that a transferee company shall not, as a result of the compromise or arrangement, hold any shares in its own name or in the name of any trust whether on its behalf or on behalf of any of its subsidiary or associate companies and any such shares shall be cancelled or extinguished; (c) the continuation by or against the transferee company of any legal proceedings pending by or against any tra .....

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..... xchange Board under any regulations framed by it; (i) where the transferor company is dissolved, the fee, if any, paid by the transferor company on its authorised capital shall be set-off against any fees payable by the transferee company on its authorised capital subsequent to the amalgamation; and (j) such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are deemed necessary to secure that the merger or amalgamation is fully and effectively carried out: Provided that no compromise or arrangement shall be sanctioned by the Tribunal unless a certificate by the company s auditor has been filed with the Tribunal to the effect that the accounting treatment, if any, proposed in the s .....

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..... provisions of this section, the transferor company or the transferee company, as the case may be, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees and every officer of such transferor or transferee company who is in default, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to three lakh rupees, or with both. Explanation . For the purposes of this section, (i) in a scheme involving a merger, where under the scheme the undertaking, property and liabilities of one or more companies, including the company in respect of wh .....

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