An Overview of The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017
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| Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 |
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017, introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 March, 2016 as The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance on 12 April, 2016. The Committee after hearing the views of the representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry as well as professional bodies adopted its report on 30th November, 2016. The Government after considering the suggestions of the Committee and also the experience gained by it, gave notice of amendments as approved by the Cabinet to the Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 on July 27, 2017. The Bill now awaits the consent of Rajya Sabha.
The major amendments proposed include simplification of the private
placement process, rationalization of provisions related to loan to directors,
omission of provisions relating to forward dealing and insider trading, doing
away with the requirement of approval of the Central Government for managerial
remuneration above prescribed limits, aligning disclosure requirements in the
prospectus with the regulations to be made by SEBI, providing for maintenance
of register of significant beneficial owners and filing of returns in this
regard to the ROC and removal of requirement for annual ratification of
appointment or continuance of auditor.
The major official amendments subsequently introduced include continuing
with the provisions relating to layers of subsidiaries, continuing with the
earlier provisions with respect of memorandum, making offense for contravention
of provisions relating to deposits as non-compoundable, requiring attaching of
financial statement of associate companies, stringent additional fees of Rs 100
per day in case of delay in filing of annual return and financial statement
etc.
We have prepared a section wise overview of various amendments proposed
under the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 , you can download the said overview
from the below given link:
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