Companies Act, 2013
131.
Voluntary
revision of financial statements or Board’s report.
1. If it appears to the
directors of a company that—
a.
the
financial statement of the company; or
b.
the
report of the Board, do not comply with the provisions of section 129 or
section 134 they may prepare revised financial statement or a revised report in
respect of any of the three preceding financial years after obtaining approval
of the Tribunal on an application made by the company in such form and manner
as may be prescribed and a copy of the order passed by the Tribunal shall be
filed with the Registrar:
Provided
that the Tribunal shall give notice to the Central Government and the Income
tax authorities and shall take into consideration the representations, if any,
made by that Government or the authorities before passing any order under this
section:
Provided
further that such revised financial statement or report shall not be prepared
or filed more than once in a financial year:
Provided
also that the detailed reasons for revision of such financial statement or
report shall also be disclosed in the Board's report in the relevant financial
year in which such revision is being made.
1.
2. Where copies of the
previous financial statement or report have been sent out to members or
delivered to the Registrar or laid before the company in general meeting, the
revisions must be confined to—
a.
the
correction in respect of which the previous financial statement or report do
not comply with the provisions of section 129 or section 134; and
b.
the
making of any necessary consequential alternation.
1.
2.
3. The Central
Government may make rules as to the application of the provisions of this Act
in relation to revised financial statement or a revised director's report and
such rules may, in particular—
a.
make
different provisions according to which the previous financial statement or
report are replaced or are supplemented by a document indicating the
corrections to be made;
b.
make
provisions with respect to the functions of the company's auditor in relation
to the revised financial statement or report;
c.
require
the directors to take such steps as may be prescribed.