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Section 21

Authentication of documents, proceedings and contracts

Save as otherwise provided in this Act,—

(a)
a document or proceeding requiring authentication by a company; or
(b)
contracts made by or on behalf of a company,

may be signed by any key managerial personnel or an officer an officer or employee of the company of the company duly authorised by the Board in this behalf.

Notes, amendments & references (2)

Substituted vide Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 dated 03.01.2018 effective from 09.02.2018. To view the notification, Click Here

for IFSC Private and IFSC Public company to be read as “an officer or any other person” vide GSR 8(E) and GSR 9(E). To view the notification Click Here