[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION ( i)]

 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

NOTIFICATION

 

New Delhi, the date 17th April, 2023

 

G.S.R........(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 248 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 (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016, namely:-

 

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on 01st May, 2023.

 

2. In the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016 (hereafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 4,-

 

    (i) for sub-rule (1), following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely   :-

 

“(1) An application for removal of name of a company under sub-section (2) of section 248 shall be made to the ilegistrar, Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit in Form No. STK-2 along with fee of ten thousand rupees.”;

 

    (ii) in sub-rule (3), clause (iv) shall be omitted;

 

    (iii) after sub-rule (3) the following shall be inserted, namely :-

 

”(3A) The Registrar, Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit established under sub-section (1) of section 396, shall be the Registrar of Companies for the purposes of exercising functional jurisdiction of processing and disposal of applications made in Form No. STK-2 and all matters related thereto under section 248 having territorial jurisdiction all over India.’

 

  1. In the said rules, for Form No. STK-2, Form No. STK-6 and Form No, STK-7 the following Forms shall be substituted, namely:

 

Form No. STK-2

Form No. STK-6

Form No. STK-7

 

 

 

 [F. No. 1/28/2013-CL-V(Part-III)]

 

 

MANOJ PANDEY, Joint Secretary

 

 

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 of Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 1174(E), dated the 26th December, 2016 and amended, side notification numbers G.S.R 355(E), dated the 12th April, 2017 , G.S.R 350(E) dated the 8th May, 2019, G.S.R 420(E), dated the 29th June, 2020, G.S.R. 436(E), dated the 9th June, 2022 and G.S.R. 658(E), dated the 24th August, 2022 .