Companies Act, 1956
Sec 33 -
Registration of memorandum and articles.
(1) There shall be presented for registration,
to the Registrar of the State in which the registered office of the company is
stated by the memorandum to be situate :
(a) the memorandum of the company;
(b) its articles, if any; and
(c) the agreement, if any, which the company
proposes to enter into with any individual for appointment as its managing or
whole-time director or manager.
(2) A declaration by an advocate of the
Supreme Court or of a High Court, an attorney or a pleader entitled to appear
before a High Court, or a secretary, or a chartered accountant, in whole-time
practice in India, who is engaged in the formation of a company, or by a person
named in the articles as a director, manager or secretary of the company, that
all the requirements of this Act and the rules thereunder have been complied
with in respect of registration and matters precedent and incidental thereto,
shall be filed with the Registrar; and the Registrar may accept such a
declaration as sufficient evidence of such compliance.
Explanation.- For the purposes of
this sub-section, "chartered accountant in whole-time practice in
India" means a chartered accountant within the meaning of clause (b) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949),
who is practicing in India and who is not in full-time employment.
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that all the
requirements aforesaid have been complied with by the company and that it is
authorized to be registered under this Act, he shall retain and register the
memorandum, the articles, if any, and the agreement referred to in clause (c)
of sub-section (1), if any.