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Companies Act Section 159
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The Companies Act, 2013

Section 159 Punishment for contravention

Chapter
XI · Appointment and Qualifications of Directors
Amendments
1
Last changed
2 November 2018
Substituted by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, s. 25, with effect from 2 November 2018. Earlier read: "section 159"159. Penalty for default of certain provisions.—
Substituted by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, s. 25, with effect from 2 November 2018. Earlier read: "section 159"If any individual or director of a company makes any default in complying with any of the provisions of section 152, section 155 and section 156, such individual or director of the company shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and where the default is a continuing one, with a further penalty which may extend to five hundred rupees for each day after the first during which such default continues.

Amendments to this section

  1. 1 Substituted by Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019, s. 25, for "section 159" (w.e.f. 2 November 2018).

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