MCA notified Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules 2024

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2024 which is effective from February 16, 2024. MCA notified this via issuing a Notification.

The Notification Read as follows:

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 396,398,399, 403 and 404 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the rules further to amend the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.

These rules may be called the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2024. They shall come into force with effect from the 16th day of February 2024.

In the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, after rule 10, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“10A. Central Processing Center: (1) The Registrar of the Central Processing Center established under sub-section (1) of section 396 shall examine or cause to be examined every application or e-Form or document required or authorised to be filed or delivered as provided under sub-rule (3), for approval, registration or taking on record by the Registrar.

(2) The Registrar shall take a decision on the application, e-forms or documents within thirty days from the date of its filing excluding the cases in which an approval of the Central Government or the Regional Director or any other competent authority is required.

(3) The provisions of sub-rule (2) to (5) of rule 10 shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to the examination of application, e-Forms or documents under this rule.

(4) The Registrar of the Central Processing Center shall exercise jurisdiction all over India in respect of the examination of the following applications, e-Forms or documents, namely:-

(5) In case multiple applications, e-forms or documents are filed at a time under sub-rule (4 ), then all the applications, e-forms or documents shall be examined and decided by the Registrar of the Central Processing Center.

(6) Nothing in this rule shall confer any power on the Registrar of the Central Processing Center under section 399 of the Act in case of applications, e­Forms or documents filed under sub-rule (4), and the Registrar having territorial jurisdiction shall continue to exercise his powers under the said section.”.

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