Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Amendment Rules, 2023

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 20th January, 2023

G.S.R. 36(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) and clause (h) of sub­section (1) and sub-section (3) of section 380, clause (a) of sub-section (1) and sub­section (3) of section 381, section 385 , clause (a) of section 386, section 389 and section 390, read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014 namely: –

1. Short title and commencement- (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Amendment Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from 23rd January 2023.

2. In the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014

(a) in sub-rule 2 of rule 3, for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

” (c) father’s name or mother’s name or spouse’s name;”;

(b) in the Annexure, for the FORM FC-1, FORM FC-2, FORM FC-3 and FORM FC-4, the following shall be substituted, namely: –

Form No. FC-1

Information to be filed by foreign company

[Pursuant to section 380(1)(h) of the Companies Act 2013, and rule 3(3) of Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014]

Refer instruction kit for filing the form.  All fields marked in * are mandatory

Form No. FC-2

Return of alteration in the documents filed for registration by foreign company

[Pursuant to section 380(3) of the Companies Act 2013, and rule 3 (4) Companies (Registration of documents filed for registration Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014]

Refer instruction kit for filing the form. All fields marked in * are mandatory

Form No. FC-3

Annual accounts along with the list of all principal places of business in India established by foreign company

[Pursuant to section 381 of the Companies and rule 6 of Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014]

Refer instruction kit for filing the form. All fields marked in * are mandatory

Form No. FC-4

Annual Return of a Foreign Company

[Pursuant to Section 384(2) of the Companies Act 2013 and rule 7 of the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014]

Refer instruction kit for filing the form. All fields marked in * are mandatory

F. No. Policy-01/11/2022-CL-V-MCA

(Manoj Pandey)
Joint Secretary

Note: – The principal rules, were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and last amended, vide number 538 (E), dated the 05^th August, 2021.