The Companies Act, 1956
324. POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO NOTIFY THAT COMPANIES ENGAGED IN SPECIFIED CLASSES OF INDUSTRY OR BUSINESS SHALL NOT HAVE MANAGING AGENTS.
(1) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed in this behalf, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that, as from such date as may be specified in the notification, the provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply to all companies, whether incorporated before or after the commencement of this Act, which are engaged on that date or may thereafter be engaged, wholly or in part, in such class or description of industry or business as may be specified in the notification.(2) Thereupon, -(a) where any such company has a managing agent on the specified date, the term of office of that managing agent shall, if it does not expire earlier, expire, at the end of three years from the specified date, or on the 15th day of August, 1960, whichever is later; and the company shall not re-appoint or appoint the same or any other managing agent; and(b) where any such company has no managing agent on the specified date, or where it is incorporated on or after that date, it shall not appoint a managing agent.(3) Copies of all rules prescribed under sub-section (1) shall, as soon as may be after they have been prescribed, be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(4) A copy of every notification proposed to be issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid in draft before both Houses of Parliament for a period of not less than thirty days while they are in session; and if, within that period, either House disapproves of the issue of the notification or approves of such issue only with modifications, the notification shall not be issued or, as the case may require, shall be issued only with such modifications as may be agreed on by both the Houses.
