RESPONSES:
rules governing business interaction
laws relating to business organization
guidelines governing business organization
set of rules and regulation for conducting business
boundaries within which business can operate
penalties for violating rules and regulation
legislations and legalities regarding the entire business structure
sets of rules and regulation for setting up, starting and conducting business
rights and responsibilities of business
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• WHAT IS LAW?
• MEANING?
• DEFINITION?
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
• Set of rules and regulations
• Obligations
• Justice and equality
• Policies that restrict and govern actions of
individuals
• Least amount of rules that you need to follow
• Rules which govern and bind a society
VARIOUS MEANINGS AND DEFINITIONS
• One view is that it is not capable of definition
• But this cannot be the answer nor solve the problem
• The confusion in defining law arises out of the different
purposes to be achieved e.g.:
• Law has been defined by various individuals from different
points of view
• Various schools of law define it from different angles:
-basis of nature
-on source
-terms of effect on society
-end or purpose of law
MEANINGS AND DEFINITIONS—Contd.
1. Rigidity.
2. Conservative
3. Formalism
4. Complex.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES—Contd.
EXPLANATION:
Specifies the meaning of a word, term or phrase which is
ordinarily capable of signifying more than one meaning or
interpretation
CONTD.
• Law divided into PARTS and each deals with a particular
subject e.g. Part II Jurisdiction of Courts.
Part III SECP, Part IV Incorporation of Companies
• Sections
• Sub Sections
• DEFINITIONS: The word or a term specifically defined has
a special meaning assigned to it and replaces its ordinary
meeting. Otherwise have their ordinary dictionary
meaning e.g.
• Proceed in alphabetical order
• Section 2 (7) “Company” means a company formed and
registered under this Ordinance or an existing Company
COMPANIES ORDINANCE, 1984
• COMPANIES ORDINANCE. Legal regime for establishment and regulation
of companies in Pakistan
• SECP. Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan for administration
of companies and Registrar of Companies appointed by SECP.
• COMPANY LAW IN PAKISTAN:
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