Tag Archives: Incorporation & Registration

Notification of Sections Relevant for NCLT


Yesterday late evening, I posted here about press release issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Soon thereafter, two files uploaded on Official Gazette website with two notifications in each. In earlier post here today, we discussed establishment and jurisdiction of various NCLT benches.

In this post, we will have a bird’s eye view on Sections notified on 1st June 2016 related to NCLT.

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MINOR PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER II (COMPANIES ACT 2013)


There are some provisions other than what I have already discussed in my recent posts. I will discuss these provisions here.

COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO MEMBERS (SECTION 17):

Whenever a member ask, company shall send him within seven days of this request a copy of each following documents:

  1. The Memorandum,
  2. The Articles, and
  3. Every Agreement and Every Resolution under Section 117.

There a provision for a payment of prescribed fee. Section 117 deals with agreements and resolutions which are required to be filed by the company with Registrar. We will discuss it in a future post.

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NAME AND CLASS OF THE COMPANY


UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

After reading my posts on Formation of a Company and Alteration of Memorandum and Articles, few readers suggested that I should cover provisions related to names in one place. I will discuss these provisions here along with provisions related to conversion of company from one class to another.

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ALTERATION OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES


UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In last blog post, commencement of business and registered office, I discussed Section 11 and 12 of the Companies Bill, 2012 Act 2013. In this post, I will discuss, Alteration of Memorandum and Articles of the company and relevant issues.

ALTERATION OF MEMORANDUM (SECTION 13):

A Company can alter its memorandum by a special resolution, and after complying requirement of Section 13.

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REGISTERED OFFICE


UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In last Blog Post, I discussed formation and incorporation of company and its effects. What next? Business, but comply certain legal provisions. Here, we will discuss provision related to present companies Bill, 2012 Act, 2013.

COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS (SECTION 11):

[Update: Section 11 is no longer relevant after the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015]

Before starting any business or borrow any money, every company having share capital, shall have to comply two requirements.

Firstly, A Director of company shall file a declaration with Registrar of companies, that:

(i)           Every subscriber to the memorandum has paid the value of shares agreed to be taken by him,

(ii)          The paid up capital of company is not less than one lakh in case of private company or five lakh in case of public company on date of declaration.

Any commencement of business or borrowing before complying above requirement, the company shall liable five thousand rupees (one time) and every officer who is in default shall be punishable with fine up to rupees one thousand for every day during which the default continues.

If no declaration has filed within one hundred and eighty day of the date of incorporation, the registrar may initiate action for removal of name of company from register of companies.

This simply means company should receive from their subscribers all the money value of shares subscribed by them before commencing the business. The company should take that money value into its book of accounts.  After receiving all this money value from subscribers and other shareholders, the paid up capital of the company should be in conformity of minimum paid up share capital requirement. At this point, please, recall Section 10 (2), all monies payable by any member to the company under the memorandum or articles shall be a debt due from him to the company. That Section 10 (2) may not help company to commence its business but act against subscriber only. Effectively, all subscribers must pay their subscription money in total within one hundred and eighty days from the date of incorporation.

REGISTERED OFFICE OF COMPANY (SECTION 12):

The company shall have on and from fifteenth day of its incorporation and all time thereafter a registered office for all communication purpose. When we read all other provision under Companied Bill, 2012 the registered office is office of company is a hub connecting the company and outside world.

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INCORPORATION OF COMPANY


UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

Section 7, 8 of Companies Bill 2012 Act, 2013

In my last blog post “Formation of Company”, I discussed the formation of company and its foundation documents; Memorandum, Articles and proposed/changed Name.  In This post we will discuss, Incorporation of Company including incorporation of non- profit company.

INCORPORATION OF COMPANY (SECTION 7):

All document related to incorporation shall be filed be filed before the registrar, in whose jurisdiction registered office of a company is proposed to be situated. A Registrar may have jurisdiction over several states or only a part of a state. Following documents are to be submitted:

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FORMATION OF A COMPANY


UPDATE: on 30th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

Section 3, 4 and 5 of the Companies Bill, 2012 Act 2013

In my last post, I discussed definition of companies and classes.

FORMATION OF COMPANY (SECTION 3):

A company may be formed for any lawful purpose by:

(a)    Seven or more persons as public company;

(b)   Two or more persons as private company;

(c)    One person as One Person Company

By subscribing names to a memorandum and complying other requirements.

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