Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021


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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021. These new rules, which came into effect upon their publication in the Official Gazette, amend the existing Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014. Specifically, rule 4 of the principal rules has been omitted.

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 15th June, 2021

G.S.R. 409(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 173, 177, 178 and section 186, 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 (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021.

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

2. In the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014, rule 4 shall be omitted.

[F.No. 1/32/2013-CL-V-Part]

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. 240(E), dated the 31 March, 2014 and subsequently amended as follows:-

1. G.S.R. 398(E), dated the 12th June, 2014;

2.  G.S.R. 590(E) dated the 14th August, 2014;

3. G.S.R. 206 (E), dated the 18th March, 2015;

4. G.S.R. 971(E), dated the 14th December, 2015;

5. G.S.R. 309 (E), dated the 30th March, 2017;

6. G.S.R. 880 (E), dated the 13th July, 2017;

7. G.S.R. 429 (E), dated the 7th May, 2018;

8.G.S.R. 777 (E), dated the 11th October, 2019;

9. G.S.R. 857 (E), dated the 18th November, 2019;

10.G.S.R. 186 (E), dated the 19th March, 2020;

11. G.S.R. 395 (E), dated the 23rd June, 2020;

12. G.S.R. 590 (E), dated the 28th September, 2020; and

13. G.S.R. 806 (E), dated the 30th December, 2020.

FAQ :

These are new rules issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to further amend the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014.

The Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021, came into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The amendment rules introduce the omission of rule 4 from the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014.

The rules are made in exercise of powers conferred by sections 173, 177, 178, and 186, read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013.

 



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