Companies Act, 2017

PART-XIII

REGISTRATION OFFICES AND FEES

From: 2023-11-01 - To: 0000-00-00 464. Registrar not to accept defective documents.- (1) Where, in the opinion of the registrar, any document required or authorised by or under this Act to be filed or registered with the registrar- (a) contains any matter contrary to law, or does not otherwise comply with the requirements of law; (b) is net complete owing to any defect, error or omission; (c) is insufficiently legible or is written upon paper which is not durable; or (d) is not properly authenticated; the registrar may require the company to file a revised document in the form and within the period to be specified by him. (2) If the company fails to submit the revised document within the specified period, the registrar may refuse to accept or register the document and communicate his decision in writing to the company. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5), if the registrar refuses to accept any document for any of the reasons aforesaid, the same shall not be deemed to have been delivered to him in accordance with the provisions of this Act unless a revised document in the form acceptable to the registrar is duly delivered within such time, or such extended time, as the registrar may specify in this behalf. (4) If registration of any document is refused, the company may either supply the deficiency and remove the defect pointed out or, within thirty days of the order of refusal, prefer an appeal- (a) where the order of refusal has been passed by an additional registrar, a joint registrar, an additional…