Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date of filing of Form BEN-2 under the Companies Act, 2013- regarding. (General Circular No. 07/2018)

General Circular No. 07/2018

F.No.01/01/2018-CL-V

Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs 

"A" Wing, 5th Floor, Shastri Bhawan

Dr. R.P. Road, New Delhi 110001

Date 6th Sept, 2O18

To

All Regional Directors, 

All Registrar of Companies,

All Stakeholders

Subject: Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date of filing of Form BEN-2 under the Companies Act, 2013- regarding.

Sir,

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has received several representations regarding extension of the last date for filing of e-Form BEN-2 without additional fees on account of Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 notified vide G.S.R. No. 561(E) dated 13.06.2018. The matter has been examined and it is stated that the time limit for filing the BEN-2 form would be 30 days from the date of deployment of BEN-2 e-form on the MCA-21 portal and no additional fee shall be levied if the same is filed within 30 days from the date of deployment of the said e-form.

2. This issues with approval of the competent authority.

Yours faithfully.

(K.M.S. Narayanan)

Assistant Director (Policy)

Copy to:-

1. e-Governance Section and web contents Officer to place this

circular on the Ministry website.

2. Guard File.