Companies Act Section 382 — Display of name, etc., of foreign company
CHAPTER XXII COMPANIES INCORPORATED OUTSIDE INDIA
Commercial / Corporate
Summary
Under clause (a), every foreign company must clearly display its name and the country where it is incorporated on the outside of every office or place where it does business in India. This display must be in letters that are easy to read in English, and also in the characters of the local language or one of the local languages used in that area.
Under clause (b), the company must state its name and the country of incorporation in legible English characters on all its business letters, billheads, letter paper, notices, and other official publications.
Under clause (c), if the liability of the company's members is limited, the company must ensure that this fact is stated in every prospectus it issues and in all business letters, billheads, letter paper, notices, advertisements, and other official publications, in legible English characters. Additionally, under sub-clause (ii) of clause (c), this fact must also be clearly displayed on the outside of every office or place where the company carries on business in India, in legible English characters and also in legible characters of the local language or one of the local languages used in that area.
Official Text
Every foreign company shall—
(a) conspicuously exhibit on the outside of every office or place where it carries on business in India, the name of the company and the country in which it is incorporated, in letters easily legible in English characters, and also in the characters of the language or one of the languages in general use in the locality in which the office or place is situate;
(b) cause the name of the company and of the country in which the company is incorporated, to be stated in legible English characters in all business letters, billheads and letter paper, and in all notices, and other official publications of the company; and
(c) if the liability of the members of the company is limited, cause notice of that fact—
(i) to be stated in every such prospectus issued and in all business letters, bill-heads, letter paper, notices, advertisements and other official publications of the company, in legible English characters; and
(ii) to be conspicuously exhibited on the outside of every office or place where it carries on business in India, in legible English characters and also in legible characters of the language or one of the languages in general use in the locality in which the office or place is situate.