What documents should I notarize or apostilled for the purpose of incorporation of a company in India? This is one common question asked by a person with citizenship or resident outside India.
With notification of the Companies (Incorporation) 6th Amendment Rules, 2019 on 7th June 2019 to come into force with effect from 15th August 2019, the Government of India further centralized incorporation and registration of new companies to Central Registration Centre, Manesar in Haryana. Let us discuss the law.
Politics is claimed to be a dirty game of propaganda in India and the public already accepted it as a reality of life. Unfortunately, Indian professionals start using similar tools against compliance regime and compliance professionals. Role of the media is also come to under strong protest recently. This is evident that Indian media do no research and do not cross verify the facts. Recently published propaganda titled “FM Nirmala Sitharaman urged to waive e-form 22A for firms” published by Deccan Chronicle on 12th June 2019 and copied by few others seems to be published without cross-checking on law and facts.
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Tagged Company Secretaries, Company Secretary in Employment, Compliance Officer, Compliances, Deccan Chronicle, Ease of Doing Business, Form ACTIVE, Form INC-22A, Minister of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of corporate affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, Shell Company, Whole Time Company Secretary
Among practitioners and followers of corporate law in India, the year 2019 brought a surprise in the form of Form INC – 22A. This was claimed to be a form to identify active companies and checking inactive companies. Unlike earlier attempt aim to boost the image of the country and government, this form lost its shine within few hours of its introduction. Unlike earlier, this form had no mention in government communications of success.
This is another experiment to achieve ease of doing business. I always pointed out combining so many forms into one without cutting numbers of licences required may not actually help businesses. Form – INC – 35 names as AGILE by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs is another such step. Whether a company under incorporation want to apply GST or not, it is required to fill and file Form AGILE. In this post, we will discuss the same.
Recently Ministry of Corporate Affairs has introduced a Form Active technically called Form INC – 22A. Noticeable features of this form are – (1) One time Form; (2) Requirement of latitude and longitude of Registered Office and (3) photograph of at least one director of the company. In this post, we will discuss the logic of this one time exercise and its logical future developments.
The recent amendment to the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 is of wide importance. The Companies (Incorporation) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 amended the Clause (a) of sub-rule (5) of Rule 30 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 on popular demand which certainly result in ease of doing business in India. (It may not affect the ease of doing business rating due to the structure of the rating procedure). We also earlier demanded such amendment in our earlier post, Shifting Registered Office to another state, here.
According to old Indian saying – Daroga (Inspector) is the Supreme Sovereign. We, professionals, have a similar experience with Indian corporate law. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified a new rule 25A by way of the Company (Incorporation) Amendment Rules 2019 with effect from 25th February 2019. In this post, we will discuss Rule 25A and Form ACTIVE which technically is Form INC – 22A.
The government of India promulgated a temporary law called the Companies (Amendment) ordinance 2018 on 2nd November 2018 to by parachute landing of few more reform measure. To continue the law government later promulgated the Company(Amendment) Ordinance, 2019
Readers may read this post as a law applicable with effect from 2nd November 2018 till passing the law by the Parliament. These provisions may continue in force after parliamentary approval. In this post we will discuss, the laws related to registered office in brief post the companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 and 2019.
Law stated in this post is as on 20th December 2018.
With effect from 18th December 2018, conversion of a public company into a private company requires approval from the Central Government. Earlier such conversion requires approval from the National Company Law Tribunal. This change was made by the Company Amendment (Ordinance) 2018 with effect from 2nd November 2018 and the Companies (Incorporation) 4th Amendment Rules, 2018 with effect from 18th December 2018.
The Government of India promulgated a temporary law called the Companies (Amendment) ordinance 2018 on 2nd November 2018 to by parachute landing of few more reform measure. Constitution of India mandate that Government needs to get it approved by Parliament within 6 months.
Readers may read this post as a law applicable with effect from 2nd November 2018 till passing a law by the Parliament, a bill for which was introduced before Loksabha on 20th December 2018. These provisions may continue in force after parliamentary approval. In this post, we will discuss, the reintroduction of Commencement of Business.
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Sub-section (3) of Section 12 of the Companies Act, 2013 is one of the most non-compliant sub-sections of section 12 if not of the Companies Act, 2013. It may be noticed that most medium and small size companies do not comply with this important provision.
A company shall display its name and other information in accordance with this subsection. This non-compliance may attract penalty up to one lakh rupees.
Part – I of Chapter XXI deals with companies authorizes to register under this Companies Act, 2013.
Any company formed under any law for the time being in force duly constituted according to law and consisting of two or more members may at any time register under this Act as a company. This registration shall not be invalid by reason only that it has taken place with a view to the companies being wound up. We have discussed these provisions of Section 366 of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended and updated earlier here.
The Companies (Authorised to Registered) Rules 2014 supplement the provisions of the Companies Act 2014. Till 5th July 2018 with effect from 15th August 2018 these rules had no provision of conversion of society and trust to the company as discussed earlier here.
In this series of posts, we will discuss these rules as amended by the Companies (Authorised to Registered) 2nd Amendment Rules, 2018.
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Tagged Companies Authorized to registered, Form URC – 1, Limited Liability Partnership, Partnership Firm, Society, the Companies (Authorised to Registered) 2nd Amendment Rules 2018, The Companies (Authorised to Registered) Rules 2014, trust
What kind of lease deed should I make for a new private limited company before incorporation?
This is one of the practical question, promoters and professionals facing at the time of incorporation.
Seemingly, ease of doing business become a childish target for the Government of India. There is a practical gap of only 60 days between the Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2018 and the Companies (Incorporation) 2nd Amendment Rules, 2018. The hardship caused by the earlier amendment is not attempted to cure by this amendment. Once again, there is a half-hearted effort lacking full automation of name approval. We discuss Rule 9 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 amended twice in a single calendar quarter.
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Tagged Company name, Form INC - 1, Incorporation of Company, Name reservation, Reserve Unique Name, RUN, The Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules 2018, The Companies (Incorporation) Rules 2014, The Companies (Incorporation) Second Amendment Rules 2018
The Companies Amendment Act, 2017 read with notification S. O. 630(E) dated 9th February 2018 reintroduced unlimited liability for members in certain cases. A similar provision was there earlier in the companies Act, 1956.we have no intention to go into history, but to examine this provision in light of justice and equity.
The Companies Amendment Act, 2017 proposed to amend the definition of Associate Company with effect from the date of notification of section 2(i) of the Amendment Act.
UPDATE: Notification S.O. 1833(E) dated 7th May notified this amendment with effect from 7th May 2018
Happy Republic Day 2018!!
From this Republic Day 2018, company secretaries will start using this headline day to day in reference to the incorporation of companies in India. The government of India these days works keeping ist both eyes on world banks’ ease of doing a business index. Ease of starting and closing businesses are the prime focus. The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 notified on 3rd January 2018 primly aims to ease the incorporation of companies among other objects. Now, three rules are amended to facilitate to make incorporation a “child’s play”.
Conversion from a private company to public company is not news and has no legal hurdle also. On the other hand, a decision to convert itself into a public company is always big news. According to the second proviso to subsection (1) of Section 14 of the Companies Act, 2013, “any alteration having the effect of conversion of a public company into a private company shall not take effect except with the approval of the Tribunal which shall make such order as it may deem fit.”
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