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ICAI has recently issued a new notification on its official website https://icai.org.
Text of the notification reads as follows –
Corrigendum in the RTP of Paper No. 4, Corporate and Economic Laws (New) / Corporate and Allied Laws (Old) [Final Level], in the printed copy (May 2019 Examination)
Following amendments are applicable for May 2019 examination which were inadvertently missed in the said RTP:
(i) Amendment related to Section 403 of the Companies Act, 2013 contained on page no.
10.23 of Module 2(New) /17.20 of Module 1 (Old)
*403. (1) Any document, required to be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, or any fact or information required or authorised to be registered under this Act, shall be submitted, filed, registered or recorded within the time specified in the relevant provision on payment of such fee as may be prescribed:
Provided that where any document, fact or information required to be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, under section 92 or 137 is not submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, within the period provided in those sections, without prejudice to any other legal action or liability under this Act, it may be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, after expiry of the period so provided in those sections, on payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed, which shall not be less than one hundred rupees per day and different amounts may be prescribed for different classes of companies:
Provided further that where the document, fact or information, as the case may be, in cases other than referred to in the first proviso, is not submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, within the period provided in the relevant section, it may, without prejudice to any other legal action or liability under this Act, be submitted, filed, registered or recorded as the case may be, on payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed and different fees may be prescribed for different classes of companies:
Provided also that where there is default on two or more occasions in submitting, filing, registering or recording of the document, fact or information, it may, without prejudice to any other legal action or liability under this Act, be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, on payment of a higher additional fee, as may be prescribed and which shall not be lesser than twice the additional fee provided under the first or the second proviso as applicable.
(2) Where a company fails or commits any default to submit, file, register or record any document, fact or information under sub-section (1) before the expiry of the period specified in the relevant section, the company and the officers of the company who are in default, shall, without prejudice to the liability for the payment of fee and additional fee, be liable for the penalty or punishment provided under this Act for such failure or default.
*Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act,2017 w.e.f 7th May 2018
- Amendment related to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Amendment in Regulation – 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 contained on Page no. 6.25 of module 3 (New) / Not covered in the Study material of Old Scheme
Eligibility for resolution professional.
3. (1)An insolvency professional shall be eligible to be appointed as a resolution professional for a corporate insolvency resolution process of a corporate debtor if he, and all partners and directors of the insolvency professional entity of which he is a partner or director, are independent of the corporate debtor.
Explanation– A person shall be considered independent of the corporate debtor, if he:
- is eligible to be appointed as an independent director on the board of the corporate debtor under section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), where the corporate debtor is a company;
- is not a related party of the corporate debtor; or
- is not an employee or proprietor or a partner:
- of
a firm of auditors or *secretarial auditors
in practice or cost auditors
of the corporate debtor; or
- of a legal or a consulting firm, that has or had any transaction with the corporate debtor amounting to **five per cent or more of the gross turnover of such firm, in the last three financial years.
***(1A) Where the committee decides to appoint the interim resolution professional as resolution professional or replace the interim resolution professional under section 22 or replace the resolution professional under section 27, it shall obtain the written consent of the proposed resolution professional in Form AA of the Schedule.
- A resolution professional shall make disclosures at the time of his appointment and thereafter in accordance with the Code of Conduct.
- A resolution professional, who is a director or a partner of an insolvency professional entity, shall not continue as a resolution professional in a corporate insolvency resolution process if the insolvency professional entity or any other partner or director of such insolvency professional entity represents any of the other stakeholders in the same corporate insolvency resolution process.
* Substituted for “company secretaries” by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 1-4-2018.
**Substituted for “ten per cent” by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 3-7-2018.
***Sub-regulation (1A) inserted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018, w.e.f. 3-7-2018.
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