Companies Act, 2013
76.
Acceptance
of deposits from public by certain companies.
1. Notwithstanding
anything contained in section 73, a public company, having such net worth or
turnover as may be prescribed, may accept deposits from persons other than its
members subject to compliance with the requirements provided in sub-section (2 )
of section 73 and subject to such rules as the Central Government may, in
consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, prescribe:
Provided
that such a company shall be required to obtain the rating (including its net worth,
liquidity and ability to pay its deposits on due date) from a recognised credit
rating agency for informing the public the rating given to the company at the
time of invitation of deposits from the public which ensures adequate safety
and the rating shall be obtained for every year during the tenure of deposits:
Provided
further that every company accepting secured deposits from the public shall
within thirty days of such acceptance, create a charge on its assets of an
amount not less than the amount of deposits accepted in favour of the deposit
holders in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.
2. The provisions of
this Chapter shall, mutatis mutandis , apply to the acceptance of
deposits from public under this section.