MCA Notifies manual filing of E-Form due to migration to V3 Portal: Check Forms

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs(MCA) has notified Filing of Forms GNL-2 (filing of prospectus related documents) and MGT-14 (filing of Resolutions relating to prospectus related documents) due to migration from V2 Version to V3 Version in MCA 21 Portal from 7th January, 2023 to 22nd January, 2023 via issuing Circular.

Representations have been received in the Ministry requesting for clarification about filing of Form GNL-2, for the purposes of filing prospectus related documents and MGT-14 during 7th January, 2023 to 22nd January, 2023 when migration from V2 Version to V3 Version in MCA-21 Portal will be done and such forms will not be available for filing in V2 Version. The stakeholders have further stated that such forms required to be filed due to time bound activities.

Such filing will be accompanied by an undertaking from the company that once the filing of such Form is enabled on the portal, the company shall file the relevant Form in electronic form on MCA-21 Portal alongwith fees payable as per Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.

After careful consideration by the Ministry, it has been decided that companies planning to submit Forms GNL-2 (for the filing of documents related to a prospectus) and MGT-14 (for the filing of resolutions related to documents related to a prospectus) between January 7 and January 22, 2023, on the MCA-21 Portal, may submit such forms in physical form, duly signed by the parties concerned in accordance with the requirements of the relevant forms, along with a copy thereof in electronic media.

No additional fees will be assessed for the time the filing was disabled, per General Circular Number 0 1/2023 of January 9, 2023, which provides clarification.

For the purpose of inspection or obtaining copy of any documents pursuant to section 399 of the Companies Act, 2013, the forms as referred to in this circular alongwith annexures thereto shall be placed by the Ministry on its website in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.