Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application. - Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification New Delhi, dated 31-03-2014 G.S.R 256(E) - - In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (31) of section 2, section 73 and section 76 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), and in supersession of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975 or any other rules prescribed under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) on matters covered under these rules except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, hereby makes the following rules, namely: - 1. Short title, commencement and application.- (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2014. (3) These rules shall apply to a company other than - (i) a banking company; (ii) a non-banking financial company as defined in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934) registered with the Reserve Bank of India; (iii) a housing finance company registered with the National Housing Bank established under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987 (53 of 1987); and (iv) a company specified by the Central Government under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 73 of the Act.