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REGISTERED OFFICE- Shifting From one place to another within the local limits of any City, Town or Village

Registered office of a company is a principle place of business activity of a company. It is mandatory for all companies to have its registered office and to inform the Registrar of Companies (ROC) about the location and any change thereto within the prescribed time.

Provision Relating to Registered office of a company

♠ Registered office of a newly Incorporated Company

Section 12 (1) provides company to have a registered office capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices as may be addressed to it on and from the fifteenth day of its incorporation and at all times thereafter.

*Section 146 of Companies Act, 1956 required to set up a registered office either from the day on which a company begins to carry on business or from 30th day after the day of its incorporation. Whichever is earlier.

♠ Verification of Registered office

Section 12(2) read with Rule 25 of Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, provides company to furnish to the Registrar verification of its registered office within a period of thirty days of its incorporation in Form No. 22.

*Companies Act, 1956 doesn’t provides for verification of registered office

PROCEDURE FOR CHANGE IN REGISTERED OFFICE

Shifting of Registered Office From one place to another within the local limits of any City, Town or Village

i. Calling of Board Meeting: Meeting of Board of Director should be called by giving 7 days notice to Directors

ii. Passing of Resolution: Resolution to shifting of registered office from one place to another within the local limits of any city, town or village to be passed at duly convened Board Meeting.

iii. Intimation to ROC: Notice of every change of the situation of the registered office, verified in the manner prescribed, after the date of incorporation of the company, shall be given to the Registrar within fifteen days of the change, Inform INC-22, who shall record the same.

   *Section 146(2) of companies Act, 1956 provided with the time limit of 30 days for filing intimation to ROC for change in Registered office address.

** Local Limits : “Local limits” should be taken to mean both the local body limits and the postal limits, and where the two do not coincide, the wider of the two.

Attachments of Form INC-22

  • Proof of registered office address (Conveyance/ Lease deed/ Rent Agreement etc. along with the rent receipts is required to be attached).
  • Copies of the utility bills (proof of evidence of any utility service like telephone, gas ,electricity etc. depicting the address of the premises not older than two months is required to be attached).
  • Proof that the company is permitted to use the address as the registered office of the Company (Authorization from the owner or occupant of the premises along with proof of ownership or occupancy and it is mandatory if registered office is owned by any other entity/ person (not taken on lease by company).

(Author is a Company Secretary in Practice from Delhi and can be reached at csmeghnapiplani@gmail.com/ Piplaniandassociates@gmail.com)

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7 Comments

  1. ALTAF says:

    What should be attachment no. 1 as a proof of registered office address if premises is neither rented nor owned,only permission has been given by the owner to use the premises as a registered office?

  2. Saumya Sri says:

    What should be attachment no. 1 as a proof of registered office address if premises is neither rented nor owned,only permission has been given by the owner to use the premises as a registered office?

  3. sivadas says:

    where does the act or its rule say board resolution is suffeceint to shift ro with in the local limit? do you mean that ro can be changed with out the knowledge/consent of owners?

  4. Manish says:

    Good One
    If the new office address which is already using it by any body corporate say co or llp Noc from all such body corporate is also required .

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