The Competition Act, 2002
6. Regulation of
combinations.-
1.
No
person or enterprise shall enter into a combination which causes or is likely
to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition within the relevant
market in India and such a combination shall be void.
2.
Subject
to the provisions contained in sub-section (1), any person or enterprise, who
or which proposes to enter into a combination, may, at his or its option, give
notice to the Commission, in the form as may be specified, and the fee which
may be determined, by regulations, disclosing the details of the proposed
combination, within seven days of-
a. approval of the
proposal relating to merger or amalgamation, referred to in clause (c) of
section 5, by the board of directors of the enterprises concerned with such
merger or amalgamation, as the case may be;
b. execution of any
agreement or other document for acquisition referred to in clause (a) of
section 5 or acquiring of control referred to in clause (b) of that section.
1.
2.
3.
The
Commission shall, after receipt of notice under sub-section (2), deal with such
notice in accordance with the provisions contained in sections 29, 30 and 31.
4.
The
provisions of this section shall not apply to share subscription or financing
facility or any acquisition, by a public financial institution, foreign
institutional investor, bank or venture capital fund, pursuant to any covenant
of a loan agreement or investment agreement.
5.
The
public financial institution, foreign institutional investor, bank or venture
capital fund, referred to in sub-section (4), shall, within seven days from the
date of the acquisition, file, in the form as may be specified by regulations,
with the commission the details of the acquisition including the details of
control, the circumstances for exercise of such control and the consequences of
default arising out of such loan agreement or investment agreement, as the case
may be.
Explanation.- For the
purposes of this section, the expression-
a.
"foreign
institutional investor" has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause
(a) of the Explanation to section 115AD of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of
1961); (b) "venture capital fund" has the same meaning as assigned to
it in clause (b) of the Explanation to clause (23FB) of section 10 of the
Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).