law: Companies Act, 2013 
  4.
  
   Memorandum.
  1.      The memorandum of a
  
  company shall state—
  a.     
  
    the
  
  name of the company with the last word “Limited” in the case of a public
  
  limited company, or the last words “Private Limited” in the case of a private
  
  limited company:
  Provided
  
  that nothing in this clause shall apply to a company registered under section
  
  8;
  a.    
  
  
  b.    
  
    the
  
  State in which the registered office of the company is to be situated;
  c.     
  
    the
  
  objects for which the company is proposed to be incorporated and any matter
  
  considered necessary in furtherance thereof;
  d.    
  
    the
  
  liability of members of the company, whether limited or unlimited, and also
  
  state,—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    in
  
  the case of a company limited by shares, that liability of its members is
  
  limited to the amount unpaid, if any, on the shares held by them; and
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    in
  
  the case of a company limited by guarantee, the amount up to which each member
  
  undertakes to contribute—
  A.    
  
    to
  
  the assets of the company in the event of its being wound-up while he is a
  
  member or within one year after he ceases to be a member, for payment of the
  
  debts and liabilities of the company or of such debts and liabilities as may
  
  have been contracted before he ceases to be a member, as the case may be; and
  B.    
  
    to
  
  the costs, charges and expenses of winding-up and for adjustment of the rights
  
  of the contributories among themselves;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
    in
  
  the case of a company having a share capital,—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  amount of share capital with which the company is to be registered and the
  
  division thereof into shares of a fixed amount and the number of shares which
  
  the subscribers to the memorandum agree to subscribe which shall not be less
  
  than one share; and
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    the
  
  number of shares each subscriber to the memorandum intends to take, indicated
  
  opposite his name;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
  
  d.     
  
  
  e.     
  
  
  f.     
  
    in
  
  the case of One Person Company, the name of the person who, in the event of
  
  death of the subscriber, shall become the member of the company.
  1.     
  2.      The name stated in
  
  the memorandum shall not—
  a.     
  
    be
  
  identical with or resemble too nearly to the name of an existing company
  
  registered under this Act or any previous company law; or
  b.    
  
    be
  
  such that its use by the company—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    will
  
  constitute an offence under any law for the time being in force; or
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    is
  
  undesirable in the opinion of the Central Government.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.      Without prejudice to
  
  the provisions of sub-section (2 ), a company shall not be registered
  
  with a name which contains—
  a.     
  
    any
  
  word or expression which is likely to give the impression that the company is
  
  in any way connected with, or having the patronage of, the Central Government,
  
  any State Government, or any local authority, corporation or body constituted
  
  by the Central Government or any State Government under any law for the time
  
  being in force; or
  b.    
  
    such
  
  word or expression, as may be prescribed, unless the previous approval of the
  
  Central Government has been obtained for the use of any such word or expression.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.     
  4.      A person may make an
  
  application, in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee, as may be
  
  prescribed, to the Registrar for the reservation of a name set out in the
  
  application as—
  a.     
  
    the
  
  name of the proposed company; or
  b.    
  
    the
  
  name to which the company proposes to change its name.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.     
  4.     
  5.     
               
  
   i.        
  
    Upon
  
  receipt of an application under sub-section (4 ), the Registrar may, on
  
  the basis of information and documents furnished along with the application,
  
  reserve the name for a period of sixty days from the date of the application.
              
  
   ii.        
  
    Where
  
  after reservation of name under clause (i ), it is found that name was
  
  applied by furnishing wrong or incorrect information, then,—
  a.     
  
    if
  
  the company has not been incorporated, the reserved name shall be cancelled and
  
  the person making application under sub-section (4 ) shall be liable to a
  
  penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees;
  b.    
  
    if
  
  the company has been incorporated, the Registrar may, after giving the company
  
  an opportunity of being heard—
                       
  
   i.        
  
    either
  
  direct the company to change its name within a period of three months, after
  
  passing an ordinary resolution;
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    take
  
  action for striking off the name of the company from the register of companies;
  
  or
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    make
  
  a petition for winding up of the company.
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  7.     
  8.      The memorandum of a
  
  company shall be in respective forms specified in Tables A, B, C, D and E in
  
  Schedule I as may be applicable to such company.
  9.      Any provision in the
  
  memorandum or articles, in the case of a company limited by guarantee and not
  
  having a share capital, purporting to give any person a right to participate
  
  in the divisible profits of the company otherwise than as a member, shall be
  
  void.