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Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2017

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Long titleCompanies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2017
TypeRules
Year2013
JurisdictionCentral
MinistryMinistry of Corporate Affairs
StatusIn force as published by the source
TextPublished as one document, as the source published it
Subjectscorporate

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1. (1) इन िनयमᲂ का संिᭃ᳙ नाम कंपनी (समझौत,े ठहराव और समामेलन) संशोधन िनयम, 2017 ह।ै

(2) ये िनयम राजपᮢ मᱶ ᮧकाशन कᳱ तारीख को ᮧवृᱫ हᲂगे।

2. कंपनी (समझौत,े ठहराव और समामेलन) िनयम, 2016 (िजसे इसमᱶ इसके प᳟ात् मूल िनयम कहा गया ह)ै के िनयम 25 के प᳟ात् िन᳜िलिखत िनयम अंत:᭭थािपत ᳰकया जाएगा, अथाᭅत:्- “25क. ᳰकसी िवदेशी कंपनी का ᳰकसी कंपनी के साथ िवलय या समामलेन और िवपयᭅयने – (1) भारत के बाहर िनगिमत कोई िवदेशी कंपनी का, भारतीय ᳯरजवᭅ बᱹक से पूवᭅ अनुमोदन अिभᮧा᳙ करन ेके प᳟ात् और इस अिधिनयम कᳱ धारा 230 से धारा 232 तथा इन िनयमᲂ के उपबंधᲂ का अनुपालन करने के प᳟ात् ᳰकसी भारतीय कंपनी के साथ िवलयन ᳰकया जा सकेगा।

(2) (क) ᳰकसी कंपनी का, भारतीय ᳯरजवᭅ बᱹक से पूवᭅ अनुमोदन अिभᮧा᳙ करने के प᳟ात् और इस अिधिनयम कᳱ धारा 230 से धारा 232 तथा इन िनयमᲂ के उपबंधᲂ का अनुपालन करन ेके प᳟ात ्उपाबंध-ख मᱶ िविन᳸दᭅ᳥ अिधकाᳯरताᲐ मᱶ से ᳰकसी अिधकाᳯरता मᱶ िनगिमत ᳰकसी िवदेशी कंपनी के साथ िवलयन ᳰकया जा सकेगा। (ख) अंतᳯरित कंपनी यह सुिनि᳟त करेगी ᳰक मू᭨यांकन ऐसे मू᭨यांककᲂ ᳇ारा ᳰकया जाए जो अंतᳯरित कंपनी कᳱ अिधकाᳯरता मᱶ ᳰकसी मा᭠यताᮧा᳙ वृिᱫक िनकाय के सद᭭य ह ᱹऔर यह और ᳰक ऐसा मू᭨यांकन लेखांकन तथा मू᭨यांकन के अंतराᭅ᳦ ीय ᱨप से ᭭वीकृत िस᳍ातᲂ के अऩुसरण मᱶ हो। इस उप-िनयम के खंड (क) के अधीन भारतीय ᳯरजवᭅ बᱹक का अनुमोदन ᮧा᳙ करने के िलए उसे ᳰकए गए आवेदन के साथ इस ᮧभाव कᳱ एक घोषणा संलᲨ कᳱ जाएगी। 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]

(3) संबंिधत कंपनी इस अिधिनयम कᳱ धारा 230 से धारा 232 और इन िनयमᲂ के उपबंधᲂ के अनुसार, यथाि᭭थित, उप-िनयम (1) और उप-िनयम (2) मᱶ िविन᳸दᭅ᳥ अनुमोदन अिभᮧा᳙ करने के प᳟ात ्अिधकरण के समᭃ आवेदन फाइल करेगी। ᭭प᳥ीकरण 1.—इस िनयम के ᮧयोजनᲂ के िलए “कंपनी” पद से अिधिनयम कᳱ धारा 2 के खंड (20) मᱶ यथापᳯरभािषत कंपनी अिभᮧते ह ैऔर “िवदेशी कंपनी” पद से भारत के बाहर िनगिमत कोई कंपनी या िनगिमत िनकाय चाह ेउसके कारबार का ᭭थान भारत मᱶ ह ैया नहᱭ, अिभᮧेत ह:ै ᭭प᳥ीकरण 2.—इस िनयम के ᮧयोजनᲂ के िलए यह ᭭प᳥ ᳰकया जाता ह ै ᳰक इस िनयम मᱶ कोई संशोधन भारतीय ᳯरजवᭅ बᱹक के परामशᭅ िबना नहᱭ ᳰकया जाएगा।”

3. मूल िनयमᲂ मᱶ उपाबधं-क के प᳟ात् िन᳜िलिखत उपाबंध अतं:᭭थािपत ᳰकया जाएगा:- “उपाबधं-ख िनयम 25क के उप-िनयम (2) के खडं (क) मᱶ िन᳸दᭅ᳥ अिधकाᳯरताएं अिधकाᳯरताएं –

(i) िजसका ᮧितभूित बाजार िविनयामक अंतराᭅ᳦ीय ᮧितभूित संगठन आयोग के बᱟपᭃीय समझौता ᭄ापन का या भारतीय ᮧितभूित और िविनमय बोडᭅ के साथ ि᳇पᭃीय समझौता ᭄ापन का ह᭭ताᭃरकताᭅ ह;ै या

(ii) िजसका के᭠ᮤीय बᱹक इंटरनशेनल सेटेलमᱶट बᱹक (बीआईएस) का एक सद᭭य ह ैऔर

(iii) ऐसी अिधकाᳯरता िजसकᳱ पहचान िवᱫीय कारᭅवाई टा᭭कफोसᭅ (एफएटीएफ) के सावᭅजिनक कथन मᱶ िन᳜िलिखत के ᱨप मᱶ नहᱭ कᳱ गई ह:ै (क) नीितपरक धन शोघन रोधी या आतंकवाद के िवᱫपोषण को िनयंिᮢत करने वाली ऐसी अिधकाᳯरता िजसके ᮧित उपाय लाग ूहोते ह;ᱹ या (ख) ऐसी अिधकाᳯरता िजसमᱶ किमयᲂ को दरू करन ेके िलए िवᱫीय कारᭅवाई टा᭭कफोसᭅ के साथ िवकिसत ᳰकसी कायᭅयोजना मᱶ किमयᲂ को दरू करने हतेु पयाᭅ᳙ ᮧगित नहᱭ कᳱ गई ह ैया उसके िलए ᮧितब᳍ नहᱭ ह।ै”। [फा. सं. 1/37/2013-सीएल-V] अमरदीप ᳲसंह भाᳯटया, संयुᲦ सिचव ᳯट᭡पण : मूल िनयम भारत के राजपᮢ, असाधारण, भाग-II , खंड-3, उप-खंड (i) मᱶ सा.का.िन. सं. 1134(अ), तारीख 14 ᳰदसंबर, 2016 ᳇ारा ᮧकािशत ᳰकए गए थे। MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th April, 2017 G.S.R. 368(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 234 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, hereby makes the following rules to amend the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016, namely:— ¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3

1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016, (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules) after rule 25 the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- “25A. Merger or amalgamation of a foreign company with a Company and vice versa.—(1) A foreign company incorporated outside India may merge with an Indian company after obtaining prior approval of Reserve Bank of India and after complying with the provisions of sections 230 to 232 of the Act and these rules.

(2) (a) A company may merge with a foreign company incorporated in any of the jurisdictions specified in Annexure B after obtaining prior approval of the Reserve Bank of India and after complying with provisions of sections 230 to 232 of the Act and these rules.

(b) The transferee company shall ensure that valuation is conducted by valuers who are members of a recognised professional body in the jurisdiction of the transferee company and further that such valuation is in accordance with internationally accepted principles on accounting and valuation. A declaration to this effect shall be attached with the application made to Reserve Bank of India for obtaining its approval under clause (a) of this sub-rule.

(3) The concerned company shall file an application before the Tribunal as per provisions of section 230 to section 232 of the Act and these rules after obtaining approvals specified in sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), as the case may be.

Explanation 1.—For the purposes of this rule the term “company” means a company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the Act and the term “foreign company” means a company or body corporate incorporated outside India whether having a place of business in India or not:

Explanation 2.— For the purposes of this rule, it is clarified that no amendment shall be made in this rule without consultation of the Reserve Bank of India.”

3. In the principal rules after Annexure A the following Annexure shall be inserted namely:- “Annexure B Jurisdictions referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (2) of rule 25A Jurisdictions -

(i) whose securities market regulator is a signatory to International Organization of Securities Commission’s Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A Signatories) or a signatory to bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with SEBI, or

(ii) whose central bank is a member of Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and

(iii) a jurisdiction, which is not identified in the public statement of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as:

(a) a jurisdiction having a strategic Anti-Money Laundering or Combating the Financing of Terrorism deficiencies to which counter measures apply; or

(b) a jurisdiction that has not made sufficient progress in addressing the deficiencies or has not committed to an action plan developed with the Financial Action Task Force to address the deficiencies.”.

[F. No. 1/37/2013 CL.V] AMARDEEP SINGH BHATIA, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 1134(E), dated the 14th December, 2016.

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