Companies Act, 2013
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The Companies Act, 2013 is India’s primary corporate legislation that modernizes and regulates the incorporation, governance, and functioning of companies in the country.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Companies Act of India | 2 |
| Companies Act, 2013 canonical | 2 |
| Companies Act, 1956 | 1 |
| Companies Act, 2013 (India) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4686816 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companies Act, 2013 Context triple: [Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, governedBy, Companies Act, 2013]
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A.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
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B.
Companies Act of Singapore
The Companies Act of Singapore is the primary legislation governing the incorporation, regulation, and dissolution of companies in Singapore, setting out the rights and obligations of companies, directors, and shareholders.
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C.
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999
The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 is an Australian statute that implemented major reforms to corporate regulation and governance as part of a broader program to modernize and streamline the country’s corporate law framework.
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D.
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts
The Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts are a series of Australian legislative reforms that updated and refined the corporate insolvency and external administration provisions in the Corporations Act 2001.
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E.
Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act
The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing personal and corporate insolvency, debt restructuring, and related court processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companies Act, 2013 Target entity description: The Companies Act, 2013 is India’s primary corporate legislation that modernizes and regulates the incorporation, governance, and functioning of companies in the country.
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A.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
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B.
Companies Act of Singapore
The Companies Act of Singapore is the primary legislation governing the incorporation, regulation, and dissolution of companies in Singapore, setting out the rights and obligations of companies, directors, and shareholders.
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C.
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999
The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 is an Australian statute that implemented major reforms to corporate regulation and governance as part of a broader program to modernize and streamline the country’s corporate law framework.
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D.
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts
The Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts are a series of Australian legislative reforms that updated and refined the corporate insolvency and external administration provisions in the Corporations Act 2001.
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E.
Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act
The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act is Singapore’s primary legislation governing personal and corporate insolvency, debt restructuring, and related court processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian parliamentary statute
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company law ⓘ corporate governance legislation ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015
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Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 ⓘ Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 ⓘ Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 ⓘ |
| assentDate | 2013-08-29 ⓘ |
| assentedBy | President of India ⓘ |
| containsProvisionOn |
auditors and audit standards
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board composition and duties ⓘ compromises, arrangements and reconstructions ⓘ corporate social responsibility ⓘ disqualification of directors ⓘ fraud and penalties ⓘ inspection, inquiry and investigation ⓘ issue and transfer of securities ⓘ maintenance of books of account ⓘ mergers and amalgamations ⓘ prevention of oppression and mismanagement ⓘ producer companies ⓘ registered valuers ⓘ related party transactions ⓘ removal and resignation of auditors ⓘ winding up of companies ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| CSRRequirement | certain companies must spend at least 2% of average net profits on CSR activities ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of India ⓘ |
| establishes |
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
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linked to:
National Company Law Tribunal
National Company Law Tribunal ⓘ Serious Fraud Investigation Office ⓘ |
| fullyOperationalBy | 2014 ⓘ |
| governs |
one person companies in India
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private companies in India ⓘ public companies in India ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
class action suits by shareholders
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corporate social responsibility obligations ⓘ dormant company ⓘ independent directors ⓘ one person company ⓘ small company ⓘ woman director requirement for certain companies ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies ⓘ |
| partiallyCommencedOn | 2013-09-12 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
regulate corporate governance of companies in India
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regulate incorporation of companies in India ⓘ regulate management and winding up of companies in India ⓘ |
| replaces |
Companies Act, 1956
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linked to:
Companies Act, 2013
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| scope | applies to companies incorporated under this Act or any previous company law in India ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Companies Act, 2013 Description of subject: The Companies Act, 2013 is India’s primary corporate legislation that modernizes and regulates the incorporation, governance, and functioning of companies in the country.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Companies Act, 2013
linked to: Companies Act, 2013
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited
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incorporatedUnder
→
Companies Act of India
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linked to: Companies Act, 2013
subject linked to:
board of directors of Infosys
linked to: Companies Act, 2013