ICSI Notification of the sections of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017
MCA/2019
Shri Injeti Srinivas
Secretary
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Government of India
5th Floor, Shastri Bhawan
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
New Delhi – 110001
Subject : Notification of sections of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 – Reg.
Sir ,
The Companies Act , 2013 has undergone various amendments over the past five years since its being brought into force. Of these, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 can very well be considered a game changer for its holistic approach and for providing comfort to the stakeholders as regards compliance while stressing upon and strengthening various aspects of the law .
Sir , as regards the same, we wish to bring to your kind notice the status of notification of amendment made in Section 92 (Annual Return) and Section 134 (F’inancial Statement, Board’s Report. etc.) which is as wider :

It may be noted that in Section 134(3)(a) pertaining to inclusion of the web address in lieu of extract of Annual Return in the Board’s Report has been notified on and made effective from 31st July, 2018, the corresponding section for the reference made therein, i.e., Section 92(3) stating the placing Annual Return on the website is yet to be notified. Therefore, in view of non-notification of amendment to Section 92(3), the provision of making extract of annual return a part of Board ‘s Report remains in force. The law while intended at providing relief to the corporates and the professionals alike has been raising practical difficulties on account of not being notified.
Furthermore, clarification is solicited with respect to the core intent of Section 92(3), in relation to “placing of copy of the annual return”. Herein, it is unclear as to whether the Annual Return to be placed is for the previous year or current year. The reason for the same can be attributed to the fact that in case of Annual Return for the current year (i.e., for the year ended March 31, 2019) the date of AGM may not have been finalized. In such a situation, annual return is not complete in all respects and uploading the current year’s annual return may not serve the intended purpose.

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