Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
114783 Points
Joined January 2009
Find below the procedure for:
Shifting of the registered office to another State
A company may, by special resolution, alter the provisions of its Memorandum so as to change the place of its registered office from one State to another.
For change in the situation of the registered office from one State to another shall require the confirmation of the Company Law Board [Powers transferred to the Central Government vide the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002] as it shall consider the alteration in the situation of the registered office clause in the Memorandum of Association of the company as per provisions of section 17 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(i) Obtain approval of the Board of directors, preferably at a Board meeting. At the same meeting the Board may consider and fix the date, venue and time for holding a general meeting to obtain the approval of members by special resolution and the Board will approve the notice of the general meeting and explanatory statement to be sent to the members;
(ii) hold a general meeting and get the approval of the members by way of special resolution subject to confirmation by the Company Law Board/Central Government;
(iii) file certified copy of the special resolution alongwith the explanatory statement with the Registrar of Companies in e-Form 23 under section 192 alongwith filing fees as per requirement of Schedule X to the Act within 30 days from the date of the meeting;
(iv) authorise severally a Director or the Company Secretary to take steps to move a petition to the Company Law Board/Central Government and take all actions in the matter.
Regards