TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Appointment of sole selling agents to require approval of company in general meeting.
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.... Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960 (65 of 1960) the Board of directors of a company shall not appoint a sole selling agent for any area except subject to the condition that the appointment shall cease to be valid if it is not approved by the company in the first general meeting held after the date on which the appointment is made. (2A) If the company in general meeting as aforesaid disapproves the appointment, it shall cease to be valid with effect from the date of that general meeting.] (3) Where before the commencement of this Act, a company has appointed a sole selling agent for any area for a period of not less than five years, the appointment shall be placed before the company in general meeting within a period of six months from such ....
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....ion that the terms and conditions of appointment of the sole selling agent are prejudicial to the interests of the company, the Central Government may, by order, make such variations in those terms and conditions as would in its opinion make them no longer prejudicial to the interests of the company; (d) as from such date as may be specified by the Central Government in the order aforesaid, the appointment of the sole selling agent shall be regulated by the terms and conditions as varied by the Central Government. (6)(a) Where a company has more selling agents than one (by whatever name called) in any area or areas and it appears to the Central Government that there is good reason so to do, the Central Government may require the company....
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....e selling agent shall be regulated by the terms and conditions as varied by the Central Government. [5](7) It shall be the duty of the company____ (a) to produce to the person appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (5) or clause (b) of sub-section (6), all books and papers of, or relating to, the company which are in its custody or power; and (b) otherwise to give to that person all assistance in connection with the investigation which the company is reasonably able to give. [6](8) If a company refuses or neglects___ (a) to furnish the information required by the Central Government under clause (a) of sub-section (5) or clause (a) of sub-section (6), or (b) to produce to the person appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (5) ....