Relaxation of additional fees & extension of last date of filing of Form No.BEN-2 and BEN-1. MCA Circular

Relaxation of additional fees & extension of last date of filing of Form No.BEN-2 and BEN-1 upto  01.03.2020 without payment of additional fee MCA Circular

General Circular No. 1/2020

F.No.01/01/2018-CL-V-Pt-I
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing Shastri Bhawan,
Dr. R.P. Road, New Delhi
Dated: 01.01.2020

To
All Regional Directors,
All Registrars of Companies,
All Stakeholders.

Subject: Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date of filing of Form No.BEN-2 and BEN-1 under the Companies Act 2013 – regarding.

Sir,

In continuation to this Ministry’s General Circular no.10/2019 dated 24.09.2019, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has received further representations regarding extension of the last date for filing of e-form BEN-2 without additional fees, which are being examined.

2. Considering such representations and examination, it is hereby informed that the time limit for filing e-form No.BEN-2 is extended upto  01.03.2020 without payment of additional fee and thereafter fee and additional fee shall be payable. Consequent to such extension of the date of filing e-form No. BEN-2, the date of filing of Form No.BEN-1 may be construed accordingly.

3. This issues with approval of the competent authority.

Yours faithfully,

(Pranay Chaturvedi)
Deputy Director

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