{"id":936,"date":"2018-06-22T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/?p=936"},"modified":"2020-12-30T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T08:59:40","slug":"importance-moa-aoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/importance-moa-aoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Article of Association (AoA) in a company registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; fade=&#8221;no&#8221; background_parallax=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; video_mp4=&#8221;&#8221; video_webm=&#8221;&#8221; video_ogv=&#8221;&#8221; video_url=&#8221;&#8221; video_aspect_ratio=&#8221;16:9&#8243; video_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; video_mute=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;&#8221; video_preview_image=&#8221;&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;&#8221; padding_left=&#8221;&#8221; padding_right=&#8221;&#8221; type=&#8221;legacy&#8221;][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=&#8221;1_1&#8243; layout=&#8221;1_1&#8243; background_position=&#8221;left top&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_position=&#8221;all&#8221; spacing=&#8221;yes&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;&#8221; padding_right=&#8221;&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;&#8221; padding_left=&#8221;&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; center_content=&#8221;no&#8221; last=&#8221;true&#8221; min_height=&#8221;&#8221; hover_type=&#8221;none&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; border_sizes_top=&#8221;&#8221; border_sizes_bottom=&#8221;&#8221; border_sizes_left=&#8221;&#8221; border_sizes_right=&#8221;&#8221; type=&#8221;1_1&#8243; first=&#8221;true&#8221;][fusion_text]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In India, for every registered company, it is a constitutional mandated to have MoA and AoA. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/\"><strong>company registration<\/strong><\/a> 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\u00a0company.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are MoA and AoA?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Importance\u00a0 of MoA and AoA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the constitution of the company. As it provides a working blueprint for a company.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Non- compliance\u00a0with\u00a0these memoranda, the company may sue a member.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every act of the company should be under the scope of MoA and AoA<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AoA defines internal relations between the company and its members.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0It also defines the rights and liability of each member\u00a0of the company.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Name Clause<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has the name of the company. It should be unique and should not resemble the name of another company. For a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/private-limited-company-registration\/\"><strong>Private Limited Company<\/strong><\/a>, it should end with &#8220;Private Limited&#8221; or for the Public Limited Company it should end with the word &#8220;Limited&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Object Clause<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Capital Clause<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It gives information about total share capital and the maximum share capital a company can raise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Liability Clause<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It details the liabilities of each member of the company.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Transfer of Share<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>Subscription Clause<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has the name and details of each subscriber of the company and the number of shares allocated to them.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\">Company Registration Online<\/a> for more info.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, read the related post:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/registered-company-details\/\">Steps to check Registered Company Details<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"27\"><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/board-meeting-rules-suggestions\/\">Board Meeting as per Companies Act 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\" data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/audit-private-limited-company\/\">Auditing Requirements of Private Limited Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/fusion_text][\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; fade=&#8221;no&#8221; background_parallax=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; video_mp4=&#8221;&#8221; video_webm=&#8221;&#8221; video_ogv=&#8221;&#8221; video_url=&#8221;&#8221; video_aspect_ratio=&#8221;16:9&#8243; video_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; video_mute=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;&#8221; video_preview_image=&#8221;&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221;  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[5,16],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-registration","tag-company-registration","tag-moa-and-aoa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MOA and AOA, its importance for the company and its members.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MOA and AOA are the documents which give an overview of the company. 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