MCA has extended due date for filing FORM NO. INC-22A – ACTIVE (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification) – Prescribed under [Rule 25A of The Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014] from existing 25.04.2019 to 15.06.2019.
If a company files Form INC-22A or ACTIVE after 15th June 2019, a penalty of Rs. 10,000 would be charged. On payment of the penalty and filing of all overdue returns, the company would be marked again as ACTIVE compliant and it would not be able to effect any of the following changes:
- Changes in authorized capital (Form SH-07)
- Changes in paid-up capital (Form PAS-03)
- Changes in Director (Form DIR-12) (cessation would be allowed).
- Changes in Registered Office (Form INC-22)
- Amalgamation or Merger (INC-28)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, 25th April, 2019
G.S.R. 330(E)._ In exercise of the powers conferred by 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 (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, namely: –
1. Short title and Commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of publication in the official gazette.
2. In the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, in rule 25A, in sub-rule (1) of for the words and figures ‘on or before 25.04.2019, the words and figures ‘on or before 15.06.2019’ shall be substituted.
3. In In the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, in rule 25A, in sub-rule (1), in the third proviso, for the words and figures ‘on or after 26th April, 2019, the words and figures ‘on or after 16th June, 2019 shall be substituted.
4. In the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, in sub-rule (2), for the words and figures “on or after 26th April, 2019”, the words and figures “on or after 16th June, 2019” shall be substituted.
[F. No. 1/13/2013 CL-V, part-I, Vol.II]
K.V.R. MURTY, 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. 250(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and subsequently amended vide the following notifications:-
| Serial Number | Notification Number | Notification Date |
| 1. | G.S.R. 349 (E) | 01-05-2015 |
| 2. | G.S.R. 442 (E) | 29-05-2015 |
| 3. | G.S.R. 99 (Ei | 22-01-2016 |
| 4. | G.S.R.336(E) | 23-03-2016 |
| 5. | G.S.R.743(E) | 27-07-2016 |
| 6. | G.S.R.936(E) | 01-10-2016 |
| 7. | G.S.R.1184 (E) | 29-12-2016 |
| 8. | G.S.R. 70 (E) | 25-01-2017 |
| 9. | G.S.R.955 (E) | 27-07-2017 |
| 10. | G.S.R. 49 IE) | 20-01-2018 |
| 11. | G.S.R.284 (E) | 23-03-2018 |
| 12 | G.S.R.708 (E) | 27-07-2018 |
| 13. | G.S.R.1219 (E) | 18-12-2018 |
| 14. | G.S.R.144 (E) | 21-02-2019 |
| 15 | G.S.R.180 (E) | 06-03-2019 |
| 16 | G.S.R.275 (E) | 29-03-2019 |
