Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000

169. Substitution of new section for section 376.-

For section 376 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

"376. Conditions prohibiting reconstruction or amalgamation of company.-Where any provision in the memorandum or articles of a company, or in any resolution passed in general meeting by, or by the Board of Directors of, the company, or in an agreement between the company and any other person, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, prohibits the reconstruction of the company or its amalgamation with anybody corporate or bodies corporate, either absolutely or except on the condition that the managing director or manager of the company is appointed or reappointed as managing director or manager of the reconstructed company or of the body resulting from amalgamation, as the case may be, shall become void with effect from the commencement of this Act, or be void, as the case may be."