Companies Act, 2013
388.
Provisions
as to expert’s consent and allotment.
1. No person shall
issue, circulate or distribute in India any prospectus offering for
subscription in securities of a company incorporated or to be incorporated
outside India, whether the company has or has not been 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withdrawn, his written consent to the issue of the prospectus with the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withdrawn his consent as aforesaid; or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 of sections 33 and 40, so far as applicable.
2. 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.