Factoring Regulation Act, 2011
Chapter II
Registration of Factors
3. Registration of
factors.-
1.
No
factor shall commence or carry on the factoring business unless it obtains a
certificate of registration from the Reserve Bank to commence or carry on the
factoring business under this Act.
2.
Every
factor shall make an application for registration to the Reserve Bank in such
form and manner as it may specify:
Provided that a
company registered as a non-banking financial company and existing on the
commencement of this Act and engaged in factoring business as its principal
business before such commencement shall make an application for registration as
a factor to the Reserve Bank before the expiry of the period of six months from
such commencement and, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),
may continue to carry on the factoring business until a certificate of
registration is issued to it or rejection of application for registration is
communicated to it.
Explanation.- For the
removal of doubts it is hereby clarified that a non-banking financial company
engaged in factoring business shall be treated as engaged in factoring business
as its "principal business" if it fulfills the following conditions,
namely:-
a. if its financial
assets in the factoring business are more than fifty per cent of its total
assets or such per cent. as may be stipulated by the Reserve Bank; and
b. if its income from
factoring business is more than fifty per cent of the gross income or such per
cent. As may be stipulated by the Reserve Bank.
1.
2.
3.
Every
applicant for grant of a certificate of a registration as a factor shall
comply, for the purpose of registration, with all the requirements to be
fulfilled by an applicant for grant of certificate of registration as
non-banking financial company under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of
1934) and all the provisions of that Act, so far as they relate to the
registration of non-banking financial companies, shall (except those provided
for under this Act) mutatis mutandis apply.
4.
In
the case of existing non-banking financial company the Reserve Bank may issue a
fresh certificate of registration as a factor, if the principal business of the
non-banking financial company is the factoring business.
5.
Save
as otherwise provided in this Act, every factor including factors not subject
to requirement of registration under section 5, shall be governed by the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), the rules and regulations made
there under and the directions or guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank, from
time to time.