law: Companies Act, 2013 
  387.
  
    Dating
  
  of prospectus and particulars to be contained therein.
  1.      No person shall
  
  issue, circulate or distribute in India any prospectus offering to subscribe
  
  for securities of a company incorporated or to be incorporated outside India,
  
  whether the company has or has not established, or when formed will or will not
  
  establish, a place of business in India, unless the prospectus is dated and
  
  signed, and—
  a.     
  
    contains
  
  particulars with respect to the following matters, namely:—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  instrument constituting or defining the constitution of the company;
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    the
  
  enactments or provisions by or under which the incorporation of the company was
  
  effected;
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    address
  
  in India where the said instrument, enactments or provisions, or copies
  
  thereof, and if the same are not in the English language, a certified
  
  translation thereof in the English language can be inspected;
                     
  
   iv.        
  
    the
  
  date on which and the country in which the company would be or was
  
  incorporated; and
                      
  
   v.        
  
    whether
  
  the company has established a place of business in India and, if so, the
  
  address of its principal office in India; and
  a.    
  
  
  b.    
  
    states
  
  the matters specified under section 26:
  Provided
  
  that sub-clauses (i ), (ii ) and (iii ) of clause (a )
  
  of this sub-section shall not apply in the case of a prospectus issued more
  
  than two years after the date at which the company is entitled to commence
  
  business.
  1.     
  2.      Any condition
  
  requiring or binding an applicant for securities to waive compliance with any
  
  requirement imposed by virtue of sub-section (1 ), or purporting to
  
  impute him with notice of any contract, documents or matter not specifically
  
  referred to in the prospectus, shall be void.
  3.      No person shall issue
  
  to any person in India a form of application for securities of such a company
  
  or intended company as is mentioned in sub-section (1 ), unless the form
  
  is issued with a prospectus which complies with the provisions of this Chapter
  
  and such issue does not contravene the provisions of section 388:
  Provided
  
  that this sub-section shall not apply if it is shown that the form of
  
  application was issued in connection with a bona fide invitation to a
  
  person to enter into an underwriting agreement with respect to securities.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.     
  4.      This section —
  a.     
  
    shall
  
  not apply to the issue to existing members or debenture holders of a company of
  
  a prospectus or form of application relating to securities of the company,
  
  whether an applicant for securities will or will not have the right to renounce
  
  in favour of other persons; and
  b.    
  
    except
  
  in so far as it requires a prospectus to be dated, to the issue of a prospectus
  
  relating to securities which are or are to be in all respects uniform with
  
  securities previously issued and for the time being dealt in or quoted on a recognized
  
  stock exchange, but, subject as aforesaid, this section shall apply to a
  
  prospectus or form of application whether issued on or with reference to the
  
  formation of a company or subsequently.
  5.      Nothing in this
  
  section shall limit or diminish any liability which any person may incur under
  
  any law for the time being in force in India or under this Act apart from this
  
  section.