Rule 5 - Maintenance of Electronic Registry. - Companies (Electronic Filing and Authentication of Documents) Rules, 2006

Maintenance of Electronic Registry. 05. (1) The Central Government shall set up and maintain a secure electronic registry in which all the documents filed electonically shall be stored. The electronic registry so set up shall enable public access and inspection of such documents as are required to be in the public domain under the Act on payment of the fees as prescribed under the Act or the rules made thereunder. (2) Every document or application or certificate or notice, etc., required to be signed by the Registrar or an officer of the Central Government under the Act or rules made thereunder, shall be authenticated through a valid digital signature of such person or a system generated digital signature. (3) The Registrar or the Central Government, as the case may be, may send any communication either to the company or its authorized representative, directors or both in the electronic manner for which the company shall create and maintain at all times a valid electronic address (e.g. E-mail, user Identification, etc.) capable of receiving and acknow-ledging the receipt of such communication, automated or otherwise.