http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/Notification_02032020.pdf

Section 462 of the companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government, in the public interest, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs

In the said notification:-

(i) for serial number 1 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be substituted namely:-

Chapter l, Clause (45) of Section 2. ln clause (45), the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-

Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, the “paid-up share capital” shall be construed as “total voting power”, where shares with differential voting rights have been issued.

Chapter ll, Section 4.

In section 4, in sub-section (1), in clause (a), the words ‘in the case of a public limited company, or the last words “Private Limited” in the case of a private limited Company’ shall be omitted.

(ii) for serial number 26 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be substituted, namely:-

Chapter XII, first and second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 188

Shall not apply to –

(a) a Government company in respect of contracts or arrangements entered into by it with any other Government company, or with Central Government or any State Government or any combination thereof;

(b) a Government company, other than a listed company, in respect of contracts or arrangements other than those referred to in clause (a), in case such company obtains approval of the Ministry or Department of the Central Government which is administratively in charge of the company, or, as the case may be, the State Government before entering into such contract or arrangement.