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MAINTAINING AND RECEIVING DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY


The Central Government shall set up and maintain a secure 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 filed under the Act to be electronically stored. [Rule 9(1) of the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules 2014]

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FILING DOCUMENTS IN REGISTRATION OFFICES


Section 398 empowers Central Government for making rules relating to filling of documents with registration Offices or Registrar of Companies.

Manner and conditions of filing

Every application, financial statement, prospectus, return, declaration, memorandum, articles, particulars of charges, or any other particulars or document or any notice, or any communication or intimation required to be filed or delivered or served under the Act and rules made there under, shall be filed or delivered or served in computer readable electronic form, in portable document format (.pdf) or in such other format as has been specified in any rule or form in respect of such application or form or document or declaration to the Registrar through the portal maintained by the Central Government on its web-site or through any other website notified by the Central Government. [Rule 7 of the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules 2014]

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REGISTRATION OFFICES


We earlier here discussed provisions of Chapter XXIV of the Companies Act 2013 related to registration offices. The Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules 2014 further elaborate these provisions.

Working Hours at Registrar Offices:

The central Government empowered to establish registration offices under Section 396 of the Companies Act 2013.

The Central Government shall establish such number of offices at such places as it thinks fit, specifying their jurisdiction for the purpose of exercising such powers and discharge of such functions as are conferred on the Central Government by or under this Act or under the rules made there under and for the purposes of registration of companies under the Act. [Rule 4(1) of the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules 2014]

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