MCA releases Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021



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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has introduced the Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021. These new rules amend the existing Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014. The amendments, which came into effect upon publication in the Official Gazette, primarily involve an update to Form INC-35 AGILE-PRO within the SPICe+ framework.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has further amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and have released the Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021. Read the official notification and amendments made therein, below:

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS 
NOTIFICATION 

New Delhi, O5-March, 2021 

G S R (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, namely: - 

MCA Releases Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021. 
(2) They shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. 

2. In the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014,- in the Annexure, in Form INC-35 AGILE-PRO, part of SPICe+, in serial number 12, at the end of Table (A), the following shall be inserted, namely.- 
"Do you wish to perform Aadhar authentication for GSTIN registration. 0 Yes 0 No" 

[F.No.1/13/2013 CL-V, Vol.IV] 

K.V.R. MURTY, 
Joint Secretary. 

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 250(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and last amended vide number G.S.R.91(E), dated the 1st February, 2021. 

Official copy of the notification has also been attached herewith

FAQ :

These are new rules issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that further amend the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014.

The Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2021 came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The primary change is an amendment to Form INC-35 AGILE-PRO, which is part of SPICe+, specifically regarding Aadhaar authentication for GSTIN registration.

Form INC-35 AGILE-PRO within the SPICe+ framework has been amended.

The amendment adds a question asking whether the applicant wishes to perform Aadhaar authentication for GSTIN registration.




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