(1) This Act may be called the Companies
Act, 2013. (2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into
force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and
different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to
the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to—
(a) companies incorporated under this Act or under any previous company law;
(b) insurance companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the
provisions of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) or the Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999);
(c) banking companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions
of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(d) companies engaged in the generation or supply of electricity, except in so far as the said
provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);
(e) any other company governed by any special Act for the time being in force, except in so far as
the said provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of such special Act; and
(f) such body corporate, incorporated by any Act for the time being in force, as the Central
Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, subject to such exceptions, modifications or
adaptation, as may be specified in the notification.