(a)"public company" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);] [Now section 2(71) of the Companies Act, 2013.](aa)[ "Government company" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);] [ Inserted by Act 18 of 1992, Section 12 (w.e.f. 1.4.1993).] [Now section 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013.]