Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies Rules 2022.

Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies)Amendment Rules, 2022.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), vide its Notification dated 9th June, 2022, has notified Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2022.  

Through this amendment, the MCA releases amended Form No. STK 1, Form No. STK – 5 and Form No. STK-5A and inserted new sub-rule (4) in Rule 3 of Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016.

Ministry has inserted following in rule 4, after sub-rule (3) and the summary of the same is as below:

• Where the Registrar, on examining the application made in Form STK-2, finds that it is necessary to call for further information or finds such application or any document annexed therewith is defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall inform to the applicant to remove the defects and re-submit the complete Form within fifteen days from the date of such information, failing which the Registrar shall treat the Form as invalid in the electronic record, and shall inform the applicant, accordingly.

• After the re-submission of the Form or document, if the Registrar finds that the Form or document is defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall give further time of fifteen days to remove such defects or complete the Form, failing which the Registrar shall treat the Form as invalid in the electronic record and shall inform the applicant, accordingly.

• Any re-submission of the application in Form STK-2 made prior to the commencement of the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Amendment Rules, 2022 shall not be counted for the purposes of reckoning the maximum number of re-submissions of such Form.”.

 Ministry has also revised MCA E – forms: Form No. STK 1, Form No. STK – 5 and Form No. STK-5A

The aforesaid MCA notification can be accessed at:

https://www.mca.gov.in/bin/dms/getdocument?mds=KNpMyWKuqlTXNzgkqUs0Hg%253D%253D&type=open

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