Repeal of Companies Act: commencement of repeal under section 465 activated, with explicit exception for Sikkim registration law. The Central Government appointed 30 January 2019 as the commencement date for the repeal-related operation of section 465 of the Companies Act, 2013, making the repeal of the earlier Companies Act, 1956 operative, subject to the explicit exclusion of repeal of the Registration of Companies (Sikkim) Act, 1961.