Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Second Amendment Rules 2020

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Second Amendment Rules, 2020. These rules, effective from their publication in the Official Gazette, amend the 2014 rules. Specifically, Form No. GNL-2 has been updated to include an item for 'Filing under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016' and requires additional particulars of the person signing and submitting the form.

Government of India
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Notification

New Delhi, the 12^th March, 2020

G.S.R . . (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 396, 398, 399, 403 and 404 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 (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, namely:‑

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Second Amendment Rules, 2020.

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

2. In the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, in the Annexure, in Form No.GNL-2,

(i) in serial number 3, after item number “Form 159 of the Companies (Court) Rules,1959”, the following item shall be inserted, namely.‑

“Filing under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016”.

(ii) after the first verification column, the following shall be inserted, namely.-

“Particulars of the person signing and submitting the form

Name

Capacity

[F.No.01/16/2013 CL-V (Pt-I)]

K.V.R. MURTY, Joint Secretary.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Extra ordinary, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 268(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and subsequently amended by:

Serial Number	Notification Number	Notification Date
1.	G.S.R. 297(E)	28-04-2014
2.	G.S.R. 122(E)	24-02-2015
3.	G.S.R. 438(E)	29-05-2015
4.	G.S.R. 493(E)	06-05-2016
5.	G.S.R. 48(E)	20-01-2018
6.	G.S.R. 435(E)	07-05-2018
7.	G.S.R. 616(E)	05-07-2018
8.	G.S.R. 797(E)	21-08-2018
9.	G.S.R. 905(E)	20-09-2018
10.	G.S.R. 143(E)	21-02-2019
11.	G.S.R. 329(E)	25-04-2019
12.	G.S.R. 340(E)	30-04-2019
13.	G.S.R. 527(E)	25-07-2019
14.	G.S.R. 749(E)	30-09-2019
15	G.S.R. 127(E)	18-02-2020

FAQ :

These are new rules made by the Central Government to further amend the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.

They come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

An item for 'Filing under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016' has been inserted, and a new section for 'Particulars of the person signing and submitting the form' has been added after the first verification column.

The added section requires details such as the name and capacity of the person signing and submitting the form.