Companies Act, 1956
Sec 32 -
Registration of unlimited company as limited, etc.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section,
(a) a company registered as unlimited may
register under this Act as a limited company; and
(b) a company already registered as a limited
company may re-register under this Act.
(2) On registration in pursuance of this
section, the Registrar shall close the former registration of the company, and
may dispense with the delivery to him of copies of any documents with copies of
which he was furnished on the occasion of the original registration of the
company; but, save as aforesaid, the registration shall take place in the same
manner and shall have effect, as if it were the first registration of the
company under this Act.
(3) The registration of an unlimited company
as a limited company under this section shall not affect any debts,
liabilities, obligations or contracts incurred or entered into, by, to, with or
on behalf of, the company before the registration, and those debts,
liabilities, obligations and contracts may be enforced in the manner provided
for Part IX of this Act in the case of a company registered in pursuance of
that Part.