(i) “the Act” means the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 (LXV of 1951),
(ii) “effective steps” shall mean one or more of the following:- 2*[(a) that 60 per cent or more of the capital issued for an industrial undertaking which is a public company within the meaning of the Indian Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913) has been paid up;]
(b) that a substantial part of the factory building has been constructed;
(c) that a firm order has been placed for a substantial part of the plant and machinery required for the undertaking.
3. Application for Registration: 3*[“(1) An application for the registration of an existing industrial undertaking shall be made to the Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial Development), Government of India, New Delhi, at least three months before the expiry of the period fixed under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act in relation to that undertaking in such form and with such number of copies thereof as may be specified by the said Ministry:
Provided that an application which is not made in time may be entertained by the said Ministry, if the applicant satisfies that Ministry that there was sufficient cause for not making the application in time”.]
2* [(1A) Where an application for the registration of an industrial undertaking is pending at the commencement of the Industries (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 1953, no fresh application for such registration shall be necessary under the rule and any such pending application shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of these Rules].
1. Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1952, Part II, Section 3, page 617.
2. Substituted by G.S.R. 1856, dated 1.10.1953.
3. Substituted by G.S.R. No. 9(E), dated 26.9.1981 1 1* * * * 2*[ (2) Each application shall be accompanied by a crossed demand draft for Rs.
2500 drawn on the State Bank of India, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi, in favour of the Pay and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Industry, (Department of Industrial Development), Government of India, New Delhi.]
4. Acknowledgement of Application: On receipt of application, the receiving officer shall note thereon the date of its receipts, and shall send to the applicant an acknowledgement stating the date of receipt.
5. Power of Central Government to ask for Additional Information: The 3*[Ministry of Industrial Development] or the authority appointed by it 4*[in this behalf] may require the applicant to furnish within a period to be specified by it, such additional information as it may consider necessary for the purpose of registration.
6. Grant of Registration Certificate: If an application made under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 falls within the scope of that rule, the 3*[Ministry of Industrial Development], shall after such investigation as it may consider necessary, grant to the applicant, before the [expiry of the period fixed under section 10 of the Act], a certificate of registration in Form C appended to these rules. If an application made under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 does not fall within the scope of that rule, the 4*[Ministry of Industrial Development] 5***shall inform the applicant accordingly.