Companies Act, 2013
29.
Public
offer of securities to be in dematerialized form.
1. Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other provisions of this Act,—
a.
every
company making public offer; and
b.
such
other class or classes of public companies as may be prescribed, shall issue
the securities only in dematerialised form by complying with the provisions of
the Depositories Act, 1996 and the regulations made there under.
1.
2. Any company, other
than a company mentioned in sub-section (1 ), may convert its securities
into dematerialised form or issue its securities in physical form in accordance
with the provisions of this Act or in dematerialised form in accordance with
the provisions of the Depositories Act, 1996 and the regulations made there
under.