Companies Act, 1956
Sec 604 - Provisions as to expert's consent and allotment.
(1) No person shall issue, circulate or
distribute in India any prospectus offering for subscription shares in or
debentures of a company incorporated or to be incorporated outside India,
whether the company has or has not established, or when formed will or will not
establish, a place of business in India
(a) if, where the prospectus includes a
statement purporting to be made by an expert, he has not given, or has before
delivery of the prospectus for registration withdrawn, his written consent to
the issue of the prospectus with the statement included in the form and context
in which it is included, or there does not appear in the prospectus a statement
that he has given and has not withdrawn his consent as aforesaid; or
(b) if the prospectus does not have the
effect, where an application is made in pursuance thereof, of rendering all
persons concerned bound by all the provisions (other than penal provisions) of
sections 72, 73 and 74, so far as applicable.
(2) In this section, the expression
"expert" includes an engineer, a valuer, an accountant and any other
person whose profession gives authority to a statement made by him; and for the
purposes of this section a statement shall be deemed to be included in a
prospectus if it is contained in any report or memorandum appearing on the face
thereof or by reference incorporated therein or issued therewith.