The President of India has given its assent to the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which further amends the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act). The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been now published in the Official Gazette on 31 July 2019 as the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 (the Amendment Act).The Amendment Act has taken into consideration the amendments that were originally notified in the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 which was promulgated by the President on 2 November 2018, and then retained in effect through the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance Act, 2019 and the Companies (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019 promulgated by the President on 12 January 2019 and 21 February 2019, respectively