law: Companies Act, 2013 
  Chapter
  
  I
  Preliminary
  1.
  
   Short
  
  title, extent, commencement and application.
  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 date 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 or the Insurance Regulatory and
  
  Development Authority Act, 1999;
  c.     
  
    banking
  
  companies, except in so far as the said provisions are inconsistent with the
  
  provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 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;
  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.