2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) “abridged prospectus” means a memorandum containing such salient features of a prospectus as may be specified by the Securities and Exchange Board by making regulations in this behalf; (2) “accounting standards” means the standards of accounting or any addendum thereto for companies or class of companies referred to in section 133; (3) “alter” or “alteration” includes the making of additions, omissions and substitutions; (4) “Appellate Tribunal” means the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 410; (5) “articles” means the articles of association of a company as originally framed or as altered from time to time or applied in pursuance of any previous company law or of this Act; (6) “associate company”, in relation to another company, means a company in which that other company has a significant influence, but which is not a subsidiary company of the company having such influence and includes a joint venture company. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, “significant influence” means control of at least twenty per cent. of total share capital, or of business decisions under an agreement; (7) “auditing standards” means the standards of auditing or any addendum thereto for companies or class of companies referred to in sub-section (10) of section 143; (8) “authorised capital” or “nominal capital” means such capital as is authorised by the memorandum of a company to be the maximum amount of share capital of the company; (9) “banking company” means a banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; 41 of 1999. 10 of 1949. 36 of 2003. Definitions. 4 of 1938. 10 of 1949.
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