Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) 4th Amdendment Rules 2020



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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has introduced the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2020. These new rules, which came into effect upon publication in the Official Gazette, amend the existing Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014. Specifically, the amendment changes the timeframe in rule 6, extending the period from 'ten months' to 'thirteen months'.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has made amendments in the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014. Read the official notification below:  

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th September, 2020

G.S.R. 589(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 149 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2020.
 (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, in rule 6, in sub-rule (1), in clause (a), for the words “ten months” the words “thirteen months” shall be substituted.

[F. No. 8/4/2018-CL-I- Part I]
K.V.R. MURTY, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 259(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and were last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 396 (E), dated the 23rd  June, 2020.

FAQ :

These are new rules introduced by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that further amend the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.

The rules came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In rule 6, sub-rule (1), clause (a), the period 'ten months' has been substituted with 'thirteen months'.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued these amendments.

The amendment extends a specific timeframe related to director appointments from ten months to thirteen months.




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