MCA Notifies Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2024



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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2024, which will come into effect on August 1, 2024. These new regulations aim to improve transparency and accountability regarding the significant beneficial owners of companies. The amendment primarily involves updating the prescribed form for reporting beneficial ownership, specifically substituting Form No. BEN-2.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has released Notification No. G.S.R. 404 on July 15, 2024, to announce the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2024. These updated rules are set to enhance the transparency and accountability of beneficial ownership in companies and will be effective from August 1, 2024.

New Rules for Significant Beneficial Owners in UK Companies

"In exercise of the powers conferred by section 90 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 469 read with section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018, in Annexure, for Form No. BEN-2 , the following Form shall be substituted."

Complete Notification has been attached 

FAQ :

These are updated rules introduced by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to enhance the transparency and accountability of beneficial ownership in companies.

The Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2024, will be effective from August 1, 2024.

The primary change is the substitution of Form No. BEN-2 in the Annexure of the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) issued these amendment rules.

The purpose is to enhance the transparency and accountability of beneficial ownership in companies.




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