Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Amendment Rules

The Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Amendment Rules, 2024.

G.S.R. 491(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) and clause (h) of sub-section (1) and subsection (3) of section 380, clause (a) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (3) of section 381, section 385 , clause (a) of section 386, section 389 and section 390, 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 (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014 namely: –

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Amendment Rules, 2024.
   (2) They shall come into force with effect from 09th day of September, 2024.
   
2. In the Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014, –
   
   (i) in rule 3, in sub-rule (3), for the word, “ registrar”, the words, “Registrar, Central Registration Centre” shall be substituted.
   (ii) in rule 8, in sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
   “Provided that the documents for registration by a foreign company referred to in sub-rule (3) of rule (3) shall be delivered in Form FC-1 to the Registrar, Central Registration Centre.”.

Note: – The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 31st March, 2014 and last amended, vide number G.S.R. 36 (E), dated the 20th January, 2023.

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