Dear All
Does Hire of Machinery on rental basis attracts Sec 297.Please help.Kindly confirm .Provide relevant case study or material.
this is the main object of the company which is providing the machinery on rental basis.
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Anchal
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Section 297
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I think it will not be covered.
The section says " Sale, Purchase, Supply of goods, Material or Services"
so, hire purchase wont cover here !!
As per me, it will attract. It is a service.
Hi Anchal,
As hiring of machinery on rental basis is a service, it would attract Sec.297 and hence, prior board approva is required and also Central Govt approval, if the paid up capital of the company is Rs.1Crore or above. In this regards, a circular has been issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
General Circular No. 52/2011
F.No. 17/170/2011 CL.V
Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
CL V Section
5th Floor, A Wing, Shastri Bhavan,
Dr. R.P. Road, New Delhi
Dated 25th July, 2011
All Regional Directors,
All Registrar of Companies,
All Stakeholders.
Sub : Simplified procedure for obtaining online approval of Central Government under
section 297 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Sir,
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been receiving representations form various
stakeholders to simplify the approval processes under section 297 of the Companies Act, 1956.
In order to cut timelines in giving approval, the Ministry has decided to simplify the
procedures and to give approval online, if the proposed contract has been approved by the
shareholders by way of special resolutions in a general meeting.
2. According to new procedure, application will be made in a new e-form with the
prescribed fee. The relevant information like terms of contract and details of Board resolutions
and special resolutions shall be captured in the e-form. The e-form shall also be certified by the
practicing professional who shall specifically certify the correctness of the information and
declarations given by the company in the e-form.
3. The company while seeking approval of the directors and shareholders in their meetings shall
specifically take approval to the effect that: --
(i) Proposed contract is competitive, at an arm’s length, without conflict of interest and is
not less advantageous to it as compared to similar contracts with other parties.
(ii) The company has not made any default in repayment of any of its debts (including
public deposits) or debentures or interest payable thereon and has filed its upto date
Balance Sheets and Annual Returns with the Registrar of Companies;
(iii) The proposed contract is falling within the provisions of section 297 of the Act and
provisions of sections 198, 269, 309, 314 and 295 are not applicable in the proposed
contract.
(iv) The company and its Directors have complied with the provisions of sections 173,
287, 299, 300, 301 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 with
regard to the proposed contract.
4. The application will be processed online and approval of Central Government shall also
be made available to the applicant company online on the basis of declarations made by the
company and certifications by the professionals given in the e-form.
5. If any of the information or declaration given by the company or certificate given by the
professional in the e-form is found to be wrong, then the applicant company, its Directors and
professional shall be liable for penal action under section 297 and 628 of the Companies Act,
1956 in addition to penal action prescribed in regulations of the respective professional institutes.
6. The process of online approval of Central Government under section 297 of the
Companies Act, 1956 is likely to be implemented with effect from 24th September, 2011.
Yours faithfully,
-sd-
(Kamna Sharma)
Copy to: Assistant Director
1. All concerned
2. PS to CAM and PS to MOS
3. PPS to Secretary, Additional Secretary, Joint Secretaries
Thank you everybody....
Thanks to Pratibha for her kind reply.
Transactions of immovable properties are outside the ambit of section 297. Question is machinery is immovable or movable property.
Regards,
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