Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2024. - G.S.R. 107(E) - Companies Law

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th February, 2024 G.S.R. 107(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 396 , 398 , 399 , 403 and 404 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 , namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 16th day of February, 2024. 2. In the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 , after rule 10 , the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- 10A. Central Processing Center.- (1) The Registrar of the Central Processing Center established under sub-section (1) of section 396 shall examine or cause to be examined every application or e-Form or document required or authorised to be filed or delivered as provided under sub-rule (3), for approval, registration or taking on record by the Registrar. (2) The Registrar shall take a decision on the application, e-forms or documents within thirty days from the date of its filing excluding the cases in which an approval of the Central Government or the Regional Director or any other competent authority is required. (3) The provisions of sub-rule (2) to (5) of rule 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to the examination of application, e-Forms or documents under this rule. (4) The Registrar of the Central Processing Center shall exercise jurisdiction all over India in respect of the examination of following application, e-Forms or documents, namely:- Sl. No. Details of application, e-Form or documents (i) Filing of Resolutions and agreements to the Registrar under section 117 of the Act in e-Form no. MGT-14 (ii) Notice to Registrar of any alteration of share capital under section 64 of the Act in e-Form no. SH-7 (iii) Application for approval of Central Government for change of name under section 13 of the Act in e-Form no. INC-24 (iv) One Person Company- Application for Conversion under section 18 of the Act in e-Form no. INC-6 (v) Conversion of public company into private company or private company into public company under sections 14 and 18 of the Act in e-Form no. INC-27 (vi) Intimation to Registrar of revocation/surrender of license issued under section 8 of the Act in eForm no. INC-20 (vii) Return of deposits under sections 73 and 76 of the Act in e-Form no. DPT-3 (viii) Application to ROC for obtaining the status of dormant company under sub-section (1) of section 455 of the Act in e-Form no. MSC-1 (ix) Application for seeking status of active company under sub-section (5) of section 455 of the Act in e-Form no. MSC-4 (x) Letter of Offer under section 68 of the Act in form e-Form no. SH-8 (xi) Declaration of Solvency under sub-section (6) section 68 of the Act in e-Form no. SH-9 (xii) Return in respect of buy-back of Securities under sub-section 10 of section 68 of the Act in e-Form no. SH-11 (5) In case multiple applications, e-Forms or documents are filed at a time under sub-rule (4), then all the applications, e-Forms or documents shall be examined and decided by the Registrar of the Central Processing Center. (6) Nothing in this rule shall confer any power on the Registrar of the Central Processing Center under section 399 of the Act in case of applications, e-Forms or documents filed under sub-rule (4), and the Registrar having territorial jurisdiction shall continue to exercise his powers under the said section. . [F. No. 01/16/2013 CL-V (Pt-I)] MANOJ PANDEY, Addl. Secy. Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Extra ordinary, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 268(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and last amended, vide number G.S.R. 45(E) dated 20th January, 2023 .