With reference to the Companies Amendment Bill 2020 consider the following statements It allows dire...........

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With reference to the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020, consider the following statements

It allows direct listing of Indian companies on foreign stock exchanges and revokes the criminal provisions added to the Companies Act for violations of provisions of corporate social responsibility rules.
48 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 will be amended to decriminalise various offences.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

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Explanation:

Recently, Lok Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which decriminalises a number of technical and filing-related corporate offences.

It also allows direct listing of Indian companies on foreign stock exchanges and revokes the criminal provisions added to the Companies Act for violations of provisions of corporate social responsibility rules.
48 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 will be amended to decriminalise various offences. There will, however, be no relaxation for serious offences, including fraud, deceit and those that cause injury to public.
Ms Sitharaman informed that there will also be a new chapter on producer organisation which will be helpful for farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in the country.
17 provisions in the Companies Act, 2013, have also been amended which paves way for easy and user friendly fulfilment of statutory compliances.

Hence both statements are correct.