Section 2
In this Act a company means a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing company formed and registered under any of the . previous companies laws specified in clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 '
2. In this Act a company means a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing company formed and registered under any of the . previous companies laws specified in clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 '
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and Act I of 1956
(i) which is confined in the scope of its objects · to the State of Assam, and
(ii) which is non-trading corporation within of Entries 43 and 44 in List I of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution
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a the meaning · of India .
Applicati o!l 3. The provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 shall, so far as may l:)e, apply to incorporation regulation j~;~e:o N~~-and winding up of companies to which' this Act applies :
Provided that--
(i) the powers conferred on the Centrpl Govern-
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ment by those provisions shall be exercisable , a:tJ.d may be exe.tcised by the State Government ;
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(ii) the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, adopt, so far as may be, the rules framed by the Supreme Act 1 Court under Section 643 of the Compa1956. nies Act , 1956 ; (iii) the State Government shall be competent
by notification in the Official Gazette, to delegate all or any of such powers to any subordinate officer or authority specified in the notification ; (iv) the State Government shall have
powers, Registrar under the said provisions shall be exercised, discharged and pe;·formed by such person as may be appointed by the State by name or by virtue of office, to be the Registrar in relation to companies to which this Act applies.
power , by a like notification, to relax, ornic . add to or vary any provision of the aforesaid Act, hereby made applicable tc) ccm.panies to which this Act applies ; and (v) the duties and functions of the