Companies Act, 1956
Sec 619A - Annual reports on Government companies.
(1) Where the Central Government is a member
of a Government company, the Central Government shall cause an annual report on
the working and affairs of that company to be
(a) prepared within three months of its annual
general meeting before which the audit report is placed under sub-section (5)
of section 619 ; and
(b) as soon as may be after such preparation,
laid before both Houses of Parliament together with a copy of the audit report
and any comments upon, or supplement to, the audit report, made by the
Comptroller, and Auditor-General of India.
(2) Where in addition to the Central
Government, any State Government is also a member of a Government Company, that
State Government shall cause a copy of the annual report prepared under
sub-section (1) to be laid before the House or both Houses of the State
Legislature together with a copy of the audit report and the comments or supplement
referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) Where the Central Government is not a
member of a Government company, every State Government which is a member of
that company, or where only one State Government is a member of the company,
that State Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs
of the company to be
(a) prepared within the time specified in
sub-section (1) ; and
(b) as soon as may be after such preparation,
laid before the House or both Houses of the State Legislature with a copy of
the audit report and comments or supplement referred to in sub-section (1).
(4) The provisions of this section shall, so
far as may be, apply to a Government Company in liquidation as they apply to
any other Government company.