Please also read Schedule X of the Companies Act, 1956 for details.
The revised fee structure will applicable from December 05, 2010.
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29 November 2010
Therfore company must have less authorised capital to have less filing fees regarding Balance Sheet & P&L ,Form 32 etc What is the procedure to increase Authorised Capital of Pvt Ltd Company???
29 November 2010
Procedure For Alteration Of Share Capital Including Increase Of Authorised Share Capital Act: The Companies Act, 1956 Relevant Section: 31, 40 and 94(1)
1. Preliminary I) The procedure for alteration of share capital including increase of authorised share capital should not contravene the provisions of Section 31 , Section 40 , Section 94(1) of The Companies Act, 1956. II) The memorandum of every company having a share capital must state the authorised share capital with which the company is incorporated. III) A limited company having a share capital, may, only if so authorised by its articles, alter its share capital in any of the following ways:- a. increase its share capital by issuing new shares; b. consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares; c. convert all or any of its fully paid up shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into fully paid up shares of any denomination; d. sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the memorandum, so that the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in the case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; e. cancel shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution in that behalf, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled. IV) If articles do not contain an express provision for alteration, first take necessary steps to amend the articles so as to insert a suitable provision therein. V) Convene a Board Meeting for the purpose of passing resolution for the alteration of share capital. 2. Application I) At the Board meeting, the given decisions must be taken:- a. approving the proposal for alteration of share capital and consequential alteration of the memorandum; b. convening a general meeting for passing an ordinary resolution in terms of section 94 and a special resolution if the alteration of share capital calls for alteration of articles; c. fixing a date, place and time of the meeting and to approve the draft notice of the general meeting and explanatory statement; and d. authorising a Company Secretary (or a director or other officer) of the company to issue the notice to the members. II) In the case of listed company, send 3 copies of the notice of the general meeting to all the Stock Exchanges on which the company's securities are listed, at the same time when notice is sent to the members. III) Convene a General Meeting to pass a resolution ordinary/special resolution for the alteration of share capital and the memorandum and articles of the company. IV) Get the FORM NO. 5 duly stamped or franked from the concerned Stamp authority for the stamp duty paid for increase in the authorised share capital, in accordance with the Stamp Act of the State in which the registered office of the company is situated. 3. Filing And Fees I) File FORM NO. 23 with Registrar of Companies alongwith the requisite filing fees, alongwith the certified copy of the a special resolution and the explanatory statement passed at the general meeting, within 30 day of the conclusion of the meeting. II) File FORM NO. 5, duly stamped, with Registrar of Companies alongwith the requisite filing fees, in respect of increase of the authorised share capital alongwith given documents a. certified copy of the special resolution passed at the general meeting; and b. demand draft or challan for the fees paid on the increase of the authorised share capital and the normal filing fee.