Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
7.
Insertion of new section 17A.-
After
section 17 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted
namely:-
"17A.
Change of registered office within a State.-
1. No company shall
change the place of its registered office from one place to another within a
State unless such change is confirmed by the Regional Director.
2. The company shall
make an application in the prescribed form to the Regional Director for
confirmation under sub-section (1).
3. The confirmation
referred to in sub-section (1) shall be communicated to the company within four
weeks from the date of receipt of application for such change.
Explanation.-For
the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of this
section shall apply only to the companies which change the registered office
from the jurisdiction of one Registrar of Companies to the jurisdiction of
another Registrar of Companies within the same State.
1.
2.
3.
4. The company shall
file, with the Registrar a certified copy of the confirmation by the Regional
Director for change of its registered office under this section, within two
months from the date of confirmation, together with a printed copy of the memo
andum as altered and the Registrar shall register the same and certify the
registration under his hand within one month from the date of filing of such
document.
5. The certificate shall
be conclusive evidence that all the requirements of this Act with respect to the
alteration and confirmation have been complied with and henceforth the
memorandum as altered shall be the memorandum of the company.".