Q. Why it is called a Section 8 Company with examples? What is the difference between Section 25 Company registration and Section 8 Company registration?

Paras Mehra February 10, 2017 3.13K Views

A NGO registered as a company under Companies Act, 2013 is known as section 8 Company. It is called section 8 company because the provisions relating to registration of this type of company is mentioned in section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Section 25 Company is the old name of Section 8 Company. Earlier, before enactment of Companies Act, 2013, company law was governed by Companies Act, 1956. Under the Companies, act 1956 the law relating to NGO registration was mentioned in section 25 of the companies act, 1956 and hence earlier it was also called the Section 25 Company in India.

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