TIOL-DDT 454 · Thursday, 21 September 2006 · story 2 of 4

Company affairs – electronic documents.

The Ministry Of Company Affairs has notified that

++ Documents are to be filed in pdf format authenticated by the MD or director or secretary

++ Documents to be filed in non judicial stamp paer are to be filed in hard copy as well as soft copy.

++ Signatories to obtain digital signature certificate from the Certifying Authority.

++ Electronic registry to be maintained by government.

++Govt to maintain a web site to provide access to the electronic registry.

++ The Registrar or the Central Government shall issue certificate, licence, receipt, approval or communicate endorsement or acknowledgement in the electronic manner.

++ The documents registered, recorded or filed with the Registrar electronically or documents which have been scanned and digitized and form a part of the electronic registry shall be available for inspection only in electronic manner

NOTIFICATION G.S.R. 556(E) and G.S.R. 557(E) Dated : September 14, 2006