The
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India has issued the Companies (Incorporation)
Amendment Rules, 2019 by publishing Notification (Click here) in the Official Gazette dated
21st February, 2019.
Effective Date of Notification
25th
February, 2019
New Compliance
Ministry has
inserted a Rule 25A in Companies (incorporation) Rules, 2014 which mandates the
Companies incorporated on or before the 31st December, 2017, to file the
particulars of the company and its
registered office, in e-Form ACTIVE
(INC- 22A) (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification) on or
before 25th April, 2019.
Pre- condition
For filling
e-Form ACTIVE (INC- 22A), Company must filed its due financial statements under
section 137 & due annual returns under section 92.
Crux : any company which has not filed its due Financial Statements under section 137 or due
Annual Returns under section 92 or both with the Registrar shall be restricted
from filing e-Form-ACTIVE, unless such company is under management dispute and
the Registrar has recorded the same on the register.
Repercussion of non filling
Filling on
or after 26th April 2019, would attracts the Payment of fee of Rs 10,000/- (Ten
Thousand Rupees)
Non Filling
of e-Form ACTIVE (INC- 22A), would entitled the Registrar to initiate action
for the removal of the name of the company from the register of companies.
In case a
company does not intimate the said particular’s, the Company shall be marked as
"ACTIVE-non-compliant" on or after 26th April, 2019 and shall be
liable for action under sub-section (9)
of section 12 of the Companies Act, 2013
Section
12(9) Penalty
Defaults may
cause to make liable the company and every officer penalty of one thousand
rupees for every day during which the default continues but not exceeding one
lakh rupees.
In addition
to the above no request for recording the following *event based information*
or changes shall be accepted by the Registrar from such companies marked as
"ACTIVE non compliant" unless " e-Form ACTIVE" is filed.
*Event
based information*
(i) SH-7 ( Change in Authorize Share Capital)
(ii)PAS-03
(Change in Paid-up Capital)
(iii)DIR- 12
(Changes in Director except cessation)
(iv) INC-22
(Change in Registered Office)
(v) INC-28
(Amalgamation, De-merger)
Relaxation to Companies from filling e Form ACTIVE INC-22A which have been-
• struck
off; or
• are under
process of striking off; or
• under
liquidation or amalgamated; or
• dissolved.
Although the e Form is not officially available on MCA till now but it is expected to launch within a day or two stakeholder may view the draft of the form by clicking : Draft form
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