Companies Act, 1956
Sec 582 - Meaning of "unregistered
company".
For the purposes of this Part, the expression "unregistered
company"-
(a) shall not include-
(i) a railway company incorporated by any Act
of Parliament or other Indian law or any Act of Parliament of the United
Kingdom;
(ii) a company
registered under this Act; or
(iii) a company registered under any previous
companies law and not being a company the registered office whereof was in
Burma, Aden or Pakistan immediately before the separation of that country from
India; and
(b) save as aforesaid, shall include any
partnership, association or company consisting of more than seven members at
the time when the petition for winding up the partnership, association or
company, as the case may be, is presented before the Court.