Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
114788 Points
Joined January 2009
Application for approval of the Central Government
The Central Government has prescribed new e-Form 24AB vide Notification No. GSR 56(E) dated 10.02.2006 for seeking approval of the Government under this section.
It should be noted that no approval for the grant of loan to any director would be given by the Central Government for the purchase of furniture.
Enclosures
The application has to be submitted with following enclosures in the PDF files:
(1) Copy of the Board resolution indicating the proposal of the company, terms and conditions, interest of directors or relatives, if any, specifying rate of interest chargeable, the schedule and terms of repayment, the loan is not being made out of borrowed funds of the company.
(2) Any other major or important condition having bearing on the loan or financial position of the company.
(3) A declaration that company has not defaulted in making repayments to the investors as and when they become due to them.
(4) Copy of draft loan agreement.
(5) Declaration to the effect that funds proposed to be loaned are not required for its working capital requirements at least for a year.
(6) A declaration from the statutory auditor or a company secretary in whole-time practice that:—
(a) The company has not defaulted in:
— The repayment of any fixed deposits or part thereof or interest thereon;
— Payment of dividend;
— Redemption or repayment of debenture and timely payment of interest thereon;
— Redemption of preference shares; and
(b) The company is regular in filing all e-forms or returns as required to be filed under the Companies Act, 1956;
(c) The proposal is in conformity with the provisions of section 372A of the Companies Act, 1956;
(d) The company is not in any default on account of undisputed dues of the Central Government e.g. income tax, central excise etc. For this purpose, the status of disputed and undisputed dues shall be made available so as to enable the Ministry to form a view in the matter vis-a-vis the coverage thereof available and assessed against the Net Worth/Profits of the applicant company.
(7) Copy of member resolution containing specific approval of required members along with explanatory statement.
(8) List of directors of board of both the companies and disclosing inter-se interest if any.
(9) Copy of loan scheme for the employees of the company, if any.
(10) No objection certificate (NOC) or prior approval of public financial institutions or banks in case any term loan is subsisting.
(11) Copy of letter from bank or financial institutions wherein the company has been asked to furnish corporate guarantee or security for the loan sanctioned to the borrower company.