Companies Act, 1956
Sec 600 - Registration of charges, appointment of receiver
and books of account.
(1) The provisions of Part V (sections 124 to
145) shall apply mutatis mutandis to
(a) charges on properties in India which are
created by a foreign company after the 15th day of January, 1937; and
(b) charges on property in India which is
acquired by any foreign company after the day aforesaid:
Provided that where a charge is created, or the
completion of the acquisition of the property takes place, outside India,
sub-section (5) of section 125 and the proviso to sub-section (1) of section
127 shall have effect as if the property, wherever situated, were situated
outside India.
(2) The provisions of section 118 shall apply
mutatis mutandis to a foreign company.
(3) (a) The provisions of section 209 shall
apply to a foreign company to the extent of requiring it to keep at its
principal place of business in India the books of account referred to in that
section, with respect to moneys received and expended, sales and purchases
made, and assets and liabilities, in the course of or in relation to its
business in India.
(b) On and from the commencement of the
Companies (Amendment) Act, 1974 (41 of 1974)
(i) the provisions of section 159 shall,
subject to such modifications or adaptations as may be made therein by the
rules made under this Act, apply to a foreign company having an established
place of business in India, as they apply to a company incorporated in India;
(ii) the provisions of sections 209, 209A,
233A and 233B and sections 234 to 246 (both inclusive) shall, so far as may be,
apply only to the Indian business of a foreign company having an established
place of business in India, as they apply to a company incorporated in India.
(4) In applying the sections referred to in
sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) to a foreign company as aforesaid, references in
those sections to the Registrar shall be deemed to be references to the
Registrar having jurisdiction over New Delhi, and references to the registered office
of the foreign company shall be deemed to be references to its principal place
of business in India.