Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
169.
Substitution of new section for section 376.-
For
section 376 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted,
namely:-
"376.
Conditions prohibiting reconstruction or amalgamation of company.-Where any
provision in the memorandum or articles of a company, or in any resolution
passed in general meeting by, or by the Board of Directors of, the company, or
in an agreement between the company and any other person, whether made before
or after the commencement of this Act, prohibits the reconstruction of the
company or its amalgamation with anybody corporate or bodies corporate, either
absolutely or except on the condition that the managing director or manager of
the company is appointed or reappointed as managing director or manager of the
reconstructed company or of the body resulting from amalgamation, as the case
may be, shall become void with effect from the commencement of this Act, or be
void, as the case may be."