The Companies Act is a legislation that governs the formation, functioning, and management of companies. Explore the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act.
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As the continuous effort from the Ministry toward the more complied environment the latest step has come to weed out bogus directorships and updating its registry, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has decided to conduct KYC process for all directors, including those who have been disqualified, of all companies annually.
In this article author analyses provisions of Section 185 of Companies Act, 2013 as substituted by Companies Amendment Act, 2017 related to Loan to Holding Companies.
MCA has so far issued Notification S.O. 351(E) dated: 23/01/2018, S.O. 630(E) dated: 09/02/2018 and S.O. 1833(E) dated: 07/05/2018 by which various provisions of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 is been made effective. This Article discusses Provisions of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 which are not yet enforced-
Notifications Notifying applicability of Sections of Companies Amendment Act, 2017 MCA vide notification dated 05th July, 2018 notified 4 Section of Companies Amendment Act, 2017. These 4 sections shall be come into effect w.e.f. 15th August, 2018. (LIST A). MCA vide notification dated 05th July, 2018 notified 1 Section of Companies Amendment Act, 2017. (LIST […]
COMPANIES (REGISTRATION OFFICES AND FEES) THIRD AMENDMENT RULES, 2018– FEE FOR FILING DIR3-KYC MCA vide its notification dated July 05, 2018 issued Companies (Registration Offices And Fees) Third Amendment Rules, 2018 in order to amend its existing rules Companies (Registration Offices And Fees) Rules, 2014. These rules will came in to force w.e.f. July 10, […]
Ministry of Corporate affairs has recently issued two notifications dated 5th & 6th July 2018 by which it has made few provisions of Companies Amendment Act, 2017 applicable from 5th July 2018 and few are notified to be effective from 15th August 2018.
MCA introduced the KYC norms for all directors of all Companies. To implement this, MCA has amended the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 effective from 10th July, 2018. In this write up we discussed about the various practical aspects of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) fourth amendment Rules, 20181
CSR Companies : Every company having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more or turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during any financial year – Section 135(1) Meaning of Net Worth : The aggregate value of the paid-up share capital and […]
In the array of amendments in SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015 (SEBI LODR) and the Companies Act, 2013 (Act), the compliance for the listed entities has increased significantly. Circulars issued by NSE and BSE add a significant amount of spice to the already overburdened scenario. Amendment in SEBI LODR has changed the […]
DIR-3-KYC is a new E-form to be launched shortly by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. This form will be used to update KYC of all directors. As per rule 12A of Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 AS inserted by Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) fourth Amendment Rules, 2018 applicable w.e.f. 10th […]
