Companies Act, 1956
Sec 591 - Application of sections 592 to 602 to foreign
companies.
(1) Sections 592 to 602, both inclusive, shall
apply to all foreign companies, that is to say, companies falling under the
following two classes, namely:-
(a) companies incorporated outside India
which, after the commencement of this Act, establish a place of business within
India; and
(b) companies incorporated outside India which
have, before the commencement of this Act, established a place of business
within India and continue to have an established place of business within India
at the commencement of this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
sub-section (1), where not less than fifty per cent, of the paid-up share
capital (whether equity or preference or partly equity and partly preference)
of a company incorporated outside India and having an established place of
business in India, is held by one or more citizens of India or by one or more
bodies corporate incorporated in India, or by one or more citizens of India and
one or more bodies corporate incorporated in India, whether singly or in the
aggregate, such company shall comply with such of the provisions of this Act as
may be prescribed with regard to the business carried on by it in India, as if
it were a company incorporated in India.