Notification,
[F. No.1/5/2014-CL-V], dated 28th April, 2014
G.S.R. 297(E).— In exercise of
the powers conferred by Sections 396, 398, 399, 403 and section 404, read with sub-sections
(1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central
Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Companies
(Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may
be called the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2014.
(2)
They shall come into force with effect from the 28th day of April, 2014.
2. In the
Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 (herein after referred to
as the said rules), in rule 8, after sub-rule (11), following sub-rule shall be
inserted, namely:—
“(12) (a) The following e-forms filed by
companies, other than one person companies and small companies, under sub-rule
(1) of rule 9, shall be pre-certified by the Chartered Accountant or the Company
Secretary or as the case may be the Cost Accountant, in whole-time practice,
namely:-
INC-21, INC-22,
INC-28, PAS-3, SH-7, CHG-1, CHG-4, CHG-9, MGT- 14, DIR-6, DIR-12, MR-1, MR-2,
MSC-1, MSC-3, MSC-4, GNL-3, ADT-1, NDH-1, NDH-2, NDH-3;
(b) The following
e-forms filed by companies, other than one person companies and small
companies, under sub-rule (1) of rule 9, shall be pre-certified in the
following manner, namely:—
(i) GNL-1 - optional pre-certification by
the Chartered Accountant or the Company Secretary or as the case may be the
Cost Accountant, in whole-time practice;
(ii) DPT-3 – certification by Auditors of
the company;
(iii) MGT-10-certification by a Company
Secretary in whole-time practice;
(iv) AOC-4- certification by a Chartered
Accountant in whole-time practice;
(c) E-form DIR-3
shall be filed along with attestation of photograph, identity proof and proof
of residence of the applicant by the Chartered Accountant or the Company
Secretary or as the case may be the Cost Accountant, in whole-time practice.”
3. In the said
rules, in rule 9, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be
substituted, namely:—
"(1) The Central Government shall set up
and maintain a secure centralised electronic registry in which all the applications,
financial statement, prospectus, return, register, memorandum, articles,
particulars of charges, or any particulars or returns or any other documents
under the Act shall be filed and stored electronically."
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