Companies Act, 1956
Sec 23 -
Registration of change of name and effect thereof.
(1) Where a company changes its name in
pursuance of section 21 or 22, the Registrar shall enter the new name on the
register in the place of the former name, and shall issue a fresh certificate
of incorporation with the necessary alterations embodied therein; and the
change of name shall be complete and effective only on the issue of such a
certificate.
(2) The Registrar shall also make the
necessary alteration in the memorandum of association of the company.
(3) The change of name shall not effect any
rights or obligations of the company, or render defective any legal proceedings
by or against it; and any legal proceedings which might have been continued or
commenced by or against the company by its former name may be continued by or
against the company by its new name.