law: Companies Act, 2013 
  96.
  
    Annual
  
  general meeting.
  1.      Every company other
  
  than a One Person Company shall in each year hold in addition to any other
  
  meetings, a general meeting as its annual general meeting and shall specify the
  
  meeting as such in the notices calling it, and not more than fifteen months
  
  shall elapse between the date of one annual general meeting of a company and
  
  that of the next:
  Provided
  
  that in case of the first annual general meeting, it shall be held within a
  
  period of nine months from the date of closing of the first financial year of
  
  the company and in any other case, within a period of six months, from the date
  
  of closing of the financial year :
  Provided
  
  further that if a company holds its first annual general meeting as aforesaid,
  
  it shall not be necessary for the company to hold any annual general meeting in
  
  the year of its incorporation:
  Provided
  
  also that the Registrar may, for any special reason, extend the time within
  
  which any annual general meeting, other than the first annual general meeting,
  
  shall be held, by a period not exceeding three months.
  1.     
  2.      Every annual general
  
  meeting shall be called during business hours, that is, between 9 a.m. and 6
  
  p.m. on any day that is not a National Holiday and shall be held either at the
  
  registered office of the company or at some other place within the city, town
  
  or village in which the registered office of the company is situate:
  Provided
  
  that the Central Government may exempt any company from the provisions of this
  
  sub-section subject to such conditions as it may impose.
  Explanation .—For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section, “National Holiday” means and includes a day declared as
  
  National Holiday by the Central Government.