term which means registering a company as per provision of companies act 2013
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Explanation:
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(1) "abridged prospectus" means a memorandum containing such salient features of a prospectus as may be specified by the Securities and Exchange Board by making regulations in this behalf;
** (2) "accounting standards" means the standards of accounting or any addendum thereto for companies or class of companies referred to in section 133;
(3) "alter" or "alteration" includes the making of additions, omissions and substitutions;
(4) "Appellate Tribunal" means the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 410;
(5) "articles" means the articles of association of a company as originally framed or as altered from time to time or applied in pursuance of any previous company law or of this Act;
(6) "associate company", in relation to another company, means a company in which that other company has a significant influence, but which is not a subsidiary company of the company having such influence and includes a joint venture company.
12[Explanation.—For the purpose of this clause,—
(a) the expression "significant influence" means control of at least twenty per cent. of total voting power, or control of or participation in business decisions under an agreement;
(b) the expression "joint venture" means a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement;]
** (7) "auditing standards" means the standards of auditing or any addendum thereto for companies or class of companies referred to in sub-section (10) of section 143;
(8) "authorised capital" or "nominal capital" means such capital as is authorised by the memorandum of a company to be the maximum amount of share capital of the company;
(9) "banking company" means a banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(10) "Board of Directors" or "Board", in relation to a company, means the collective body of the directors of the company;
(11) "body corporate" or "corporation" includes a company incorporated outside India, but does not include—
(i) a co-operative society registered under any law relating to co-operative societies; and
(ii) any other body corporate (not being a company as defined in this Act), which the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf;
(12) "book and paper" and "book or paper" include books of account, deeds, vouchers, writings, documents, minutes and registers maintained on paper or in electronic form;
** (13) "books of account" includes records maintained in respect of—
(i) all sums of money received and expended by a company and matters in relation to which the receipts and expenditure take place;
(ii) all sales and purchases of goods and services by the company;
(iii) the assets and liabilities of the company; and
(iv) the items of cost as may be prescribed under section 148 in the case of a company which belongs to any class of companies specified under that section;
(14) "branch office", in relation to a company, means any establishment described as such by the company;
(15) "called-up capital" means such part of the capital, which has been called for payment;
(16) "charge" means an interest or lien created on the property or assets of a company or any of its undertakings or both as security and includes a mortgage;
(17) "chartered accountant" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949) who holds a valid certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of section 6 of that Act;
(18) "Chief Executive Officer" means an officer of a company, who has been designated as such by it;
(19) "Chief Financial Officer" means a person appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of a company;
(20) "company" means a company incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law;