Company Law Board Regulations, 1991
40. Reference under
section 621A –
1.
Every
application for compounding of an offence shall be made by a company or its
officers in default to the Registrar specifying clearly the nature of offence,
the date or period during which the offence was committed or continued, the
name and address of officers of the company who have committed the offence and
the prayer made.
2.
The
Registrar shall forward the application made by the company, together with his
comments thereon, to the Board or the Regional Director, as the case may be,
within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application.
3.
Every
Regional Director shall exercise the powers to compound an offence, subject to
any general or special order of the Board.