Companies (Audit and Auditors) Second Amendment Rules, 2021

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Second Amendment Rules, 2021, effective from 1st April 2021. These amendments modify Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014. Specifically, clause (g) of Rule 11 has been updated to include a new condition for financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2022.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Notification

New Delhi, the 1st April, 2021

G.S.R. 248 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 139, 143, 147 and 148 read with 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 (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, namely:—

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Second Amendment Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2021.

2. In the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in rule 11, in clause (g), for the words “Whether the company”, the words, figures and letters “Whether the company, in respect of financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2022,” shall be substituted.

[F. No.1/33/2013.CL-V (Part)]

K.V R. Murty,

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 246(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and were last amended vide G.S.R. 206(E) dated the 24th March, 2021.

FAQ :

These are amendments made by the Central Government to the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, which came into effect on 1st April 2021.

The Companies (Audit and Auditors) Second Amendment Rules, 2021, come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2021.

Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, has been amended.

In Rule 11, clause (g) has been modified. The wording has been changed to 'Whether the company, in respect of financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2022,'.

The new condition in Rule 11(g) applies to financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2022.

 

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