MoA and AoA
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In India, for every registered company, it is a constitutional mandated to have MoA and AoA. However, the company registration is not mandatory by law but it has some unmatched benefits. MoA and AoA are the legal documents of a company, which contains the information, basic capital structure, and mode of working of a company.
Every organization has its own mode of working. In a company, they are jolt down in a form of MoA and AoA. It works as a constitution and provides basic guidelines for the company like what exactly the company does, details of each main authority agent such as directors, promoters, etc. MoA contains the clause that manages the external management of a company. The AoA contains the rules and regulations that manage the internal management of the company.
Both MoA and AoA are the basic fundamental legal documents of a company. They contain the following important clauses which are crucial for the management of a company.
It has the name of the company. It should be unique and should not resemble the name of another company. For a Private Limited Company, it should end with “Private Limited” or for the Public Limited Company it should end with the word “Limited”.
It gives an overview of the main functioning and working of the company. It also provides a clear picture to shareholders and promoters, about where their investment is going to be used.
It gives information about total share capital and the maximum share capital a company can raise.
It details the liabilities of each member of the company.
This clause regulates the transfer of shares between shareholders of a company so that existing shareholders will get the first preference if any shareholder is willing to sell their shares.
It has the name and details of each subscriber of the company and the number of shares allocated to them.