Rich Limited was just incorporated last week. The incorporation documents indicated that the Registered office would be located in their office premises in Chennai City. (i) Narrate the compliance requirements related to

CS Professional · Advanced Company Law and Practice · PYQS · June 2019
Rich Limited was just incorporated last week. The incorporation documents indicated that the Registered office would be located in their office premises in Chennai City. (i) Narrate the compliance requirements related to verification of registered office;

Answer & Explanation:

Section 12 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides that a company shall within 30 days of its incorporation and at all times thereafter, have a registered office capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices as may be addressed to it. The Company will get its name, address of its registered office and the Corporate Identity Number along with telephone number, fax number, if any, e-mail and website addresses, if any, printed in all its business letters, billheads, letter papers and in all its notices and other official publications and have its name printed on hundies, promissory notes, bills of exchange and such other documents. Further Rule 25 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 states that (1) The verification of the registered office shall be filed in Form No.INC. 22 along with the fee, and (2) There shall be attached to said Form, any of the following documents, namely:- (a) the registered document of the title of the premises of the registered office in the name of the company; or (b) the notarized copy of lease or rent agreement in the name of the company along with a copy of rent paid receipt not older than one month; (c) the authorization from the owner or authorized occupant of the premises along with proof of ownership or occupancy authorization, to use the premises by the company as its registered office; and (d) the proof of evidence of any utility service like telephone, gas, electricity, etc. depicting the address of the premises in the name of the owner or document, as the case may be, which is not older than two months. Rich Ltd. has to comply with the above requirements as a recently incorporated company.

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