Regulation 9 - Omitted - Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016

1 [ **** ] ************* NOTES:- 1. Omitted vide Notification No. IBBI/2021-22/GN/REG077 dated 22-07-2021 before it was read as Registration for a limited period. 9. (1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Regulation 5, an individual shall be eligible to be registered for a limited period as an insolvency professional if he- (a) has been 'in practice' for fifteen years as- (i) a chartered accountant enrolled as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, (ii) a company secretary enrolled as a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, (iii) a cost accountant enrolled as a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, or (iv) an advocate enrolled with a Bar Council; and (b) submits an application for registration in Form A of the Second Schedule to these Regulations to the insolvency professional agency with which he is enrolled on or before 31st December, 2016 along with a non-refundable application fee of five thousand rupees which shall be collected by such insolvency professional agency on behalf of the Board. (2) The insolvency professional agency shall submit to the Board the fee collected and the details of the applications received under sub-regulation (1)(b). (3) An individual referred to sub-regulation (1) shall be registered for a limited period upon submission of the details and fee to the Board under sub-regulation (2), which shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of such submission. (4) An insolvency professional registered under sub-regulation (3) shall not undertake any assignment as an insolvency professional after the expiry of his registration: Provided that he may complete the pending assignments undertaken before the expiry of his registration, and his registration shall be deemed to be valid for this limited purpose.