Application of Companies Act to regulated companies is subject to inconsistencies with their governing special Acts. Section 616 states that the provisions of the Companies Act apply to companies governed by special Acts - including insurance, banking and electricity supply companies - only insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the relevant special Act; the rule also covers companies under any other special Act and permits the Central Government to notify statutory bodies as subject to the Companies Act with specified exceptions, modifications, or adaptations.
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Application of Companies Act to regulated companies is subject to inconsistencies with their governing special Acts.
Section 616 states that the provisions of the Companies Act apply to companies governed by special Acts - including insurance, banking and electricity supply companies - only insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the relevant special Act; the rule also covers companies under any other special Act and permits the Central Government to notify statutory bodies as subject to the Companies Act with specified exceptions, modifications, or adaptations.
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