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 Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed by Lok Sabha on July 27, 2017, received the assent of Rajya Sabha on December 19, 2017.
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 offence 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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