Companies Act, 2013
96.
Annual
general meeting.
1. Every company other
than a One Person Company shall in each year hold in addition to any other
meetings, a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the
meeting as such in the notices calling it, and not more than fifteen months
shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of a company and
that of the next:
Provided
that in case of the first annual general meeting, it shall be held within a
period of nine months from the date of closing of the first financial year of
the company and in any other case, within a period of six months, from the date
of closing of the financial year :
Provided
further that if a company holds its first annual general meeting as aforesaid,
it shall not be necessary for the company to hold any annual general meeting in
the year of its incorporation:
Provided
also that the Registrar may, for any special reason, extend the time within
which any annual general meeting, other than the first annual general meeting,
shall be held, by a period not exceeding three months.
1.
2. Every annual general
meeting shall be called during business hours, that is, between 9 a.m. and 6
p.m. on any day that is not a National Holiday and shall be held either at the
registered office of the company or at some other place within the city, town
or village in which the registered office of the company is situate:
Provided
that the Central Government may exempt any company from the provisions of this
sub-section subject to such conditions as it may impose.
Explanation .—For the purposes of
this sub-section, “National Holiday” means and includes a day declared as
National Holiday by the Central Government.