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Provided that in case a company does not have a common seal, the share certificate shall be signed by two directors or by a director and the Company Secretary, wherever the company has appointed a Company Secretary: Provided further that, if the composition of the Board permits of it, at least one of the aforesaid two directors shall be a person other than a managing director or a whole-time director:
These rules may be called the Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Second Amendment Rules, 2015. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In the Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014, in rule 3, sub-rule (5) shall be omitted.
In the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014,- (a) in rule 12, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- Provided that in case pursuing of any of the objects of a company requires registration or approval from sectoral regulators such as Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board, registration or approval, as the case may be, from such regulator shall be obtained by the company before pursuing such objects and a declaration in this behalf shall be submitted at the stage of incorporation of the company.
In the Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014, in rule 3, in sub-rule (4), in clause (a), for the words under the seal of the company, the words under the seal, if any, of the company shall be substituted;
In the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, in rule 15, the following proviso shall be inserted: Provided that no person shall be entitled under section 399 to inspect or obtain copies of resolutions referred to in clause (g) of sub-section (3) of section 117 of the Act.
The Companies (Amendment) Bill received the assent of the President on the 25th May, 2015 and published in official Gazette of India on 26th May, 2015 and became “THE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015. This Act shall come into force on 26th May, 2015 (Date as The proposed amendments deal with related party transactions, fraud reporting by auditors, public inspection of Board resolutions, responsibilities of audit committee, restrictions on bail, making common seal optional, requirement for minimum paid-up share capital, strength of benches for hearing winding up cases, jurisdiction of special courts to try offences.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 210A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, number S.O. 2425 (E), dated the 18th September 2014, published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of hidia, Extra-ordinary, dated the 18th September 2014 namely:-
G.S.R (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 133 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) , the Central Government hereby rescinds the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, published in the
1. (1) This Act may be called the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
The Registrar within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is proposed to be situated shall process INC-29 including application for allotment of Director Identification Number.
