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Company Law : Section 42 of the Companies Act, 2013 permits companies to raise funds from a select group of investors through private placement....
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Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that repeated return of official notices proved non-maintenance of a registered office under Section 12(1) of the ...
eForm DIR-3C is required to be filed pursuant to Section 157 of the Companies Act, 2013 & Rule 10A(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 which are reproduced for your reference.
The Board’s Report is an important document of Annual Report in which the Board gives a complete review of the performance of the company during the year under review and other information. There is no restriction to put any matter in the Board’s Report, if the Board intends to mention it. However, certain matters, as part of statutory compliance, needs to be put in the Board’s Report in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement (for listed company).
FAQs on the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 and Rules thereon The ICAI hosted on its website exposure draft of Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs) on the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 and Rules thereon.
Every company is governed in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, therefore, it is mandatory for all companies to keep the Registrar of Companies informed about the location of the registered office and changes. Thereto from time to time, Promoters of the Company decide the State in which the registered office shall be situated. A registered office is the official address of a company to which all official letters and reminders will be sent by any person, any government or non government or regulatory body.
If a assessee delays filing of e-form by more than 270 days from the time period granted for filing of the respective e-form, then penalty as given in the concerned section will be imposed. For eg: If the resolution to be attached in MGT-14 is passed on 21.01.2015, then normal time to file the form is 30 days. Penalty will be imposed if the person doesn’t file the form within 300 days from 21.01.2015 or if the form is not filed within 270 days from 20.02.2015.
As per new Companies Act, 2013, if a company maintains its books of accounts at any other place, the same should be reported to RoC by way of filing of Form AOC-5 (Earlier it was Form 23AA under Companies Act, 1956). Non-compliance can result into heavy monetary penalty as well as imprisonment of Directors/MD/CFO.
A Company incorporated under the statute has an identity of its own, which is different from its members and shareholders, etc. A subsidiary company is an incorporated entity which has an identity of its own, which shall be separate from its holding company.
In the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, in rule 4, in sub-rule (2),- (i) for the words established by the company or its holding or subsidiary or associate company under section 8 of the Act or otherwise, the words established under section 8 of the Act by the company either singly or alongwith its holding or subsidiary or associate company or alongwith any other company or holding or subsidiary or associate company of such other company, or otherwise shall be substituted;
In case a company has already filed Form DIR-12 with the Registrar under rule 15, a foreign director of such company resigning from his office may authorise in writing a practising chartered accountant or cost accountant in practice or company secretary in practice or any other resident director of the company to sign Form DIR-11 and file the same on his behalf intimating the reasons for the resignation.
Form AOC-5: Notice of address at which books of account are maintained. eForm AOC-5 is required to be filed pursuant to Section 128 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the same is available for filing w.e.f. January 17, 2015. Section 128 is reproduced here for your reference :-
