Section 10.Effect of memorandum and articles. | Companies Act Integrated Ready Reckoner|Companies Act 2013|CAIRR
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Section 10.Effect of memorandum and articles.
Effective from 01-04-2014, font in blue w.e.f., 02-11-2018

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the memorandum and articles shall, when registered, bind the Company and the members thereof to the same extent as if they respectively had been signed by the company and by each member, and contained covenants on its and his part to observe all the provisions of the memorandum and of the articles.

(2) All monies payable by any member to the company under the memorandum or articles shall be a debt due from him to the company.

10A. (1) A company incorporated after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 and having a share capital shall not commence any business or exercise any borrowing powers unless—

(a) a declaration is filed by a director within a period of one hundred and eighty days of the date of incorporation of the company in such form and verified in such manner as may be prescribed, with the Registrar that every subscriber to the memorandum has paid the value of the shares agreed to be taken by him on the date of making of such declaration; and

(b) the company has filed with the Registrar a verification of its registered office as provided in sub-section (2) of section 12.

(2) If any default is made in complying with the requirements of this section, the company shall be liable to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees and every officer who is in default shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand rupees for each day during which such default continues but not exceeding an amount of one lakh rupees.

(3) Where no declaration has been filed with the Registrar under clause (a) of sub-section (1) within a period of one hundred and eighty days of the date of incorporation of the company and the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that the company is not carrying on any business or operations, he may, without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2), initiate action for the removal of the name of the company from the register of companies under Chapter XVIII

10A. (1) A company incorporated after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and having a share capital shall not commence any business or exercise any borrowing powers unless—

(a) a declaration is filed by a director within a period of one hundred and eighty days of the date of incorporation of the company in such form and verified in such manner as may be prescribed, with the Registrar that every subscriber to the memorandum has paid the value of the shares agreed to be taken by him on the date of making of such declaration; and

(b) the company has filed with the Registrar a verification of its registered office as provided in sub-­section (2) of section 12.

(2) If any default is made in complying with the requirements of this section, the company shall be liable to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees and every officer who is in default shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand rupees for each day during which such default continues but not exceeding an amount of one lakh rupees.

(3) Where no declaration has been filed with the Registrar under clause (a) of sub-section (1) within a period of one hundred and eighty days of the date of incorporation of the company and the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that the company is not carrying on any business or operations, he may, without prejudice to the provisions of sub section (2), initiate action for the removal of the name of the company from the register of companies under Chapter XVIII.

2.1.23-Companies (Incorporation) Rules,2014

23. Intimation to Registrar of revocation of licence issued under section 8.-

Where the licence granted to a company registered under section 8 has been revoked, the company shall apply to the Registrar in  Form No.INC.20 along with the fee to convert its status and change of name accordingly.

23A. Declaration at the time of commencement of business.

The declaration under section 10A by a director shall be in Form No.INC-20A and shall be filed as provided in the Companies [Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 and the contents of the said form shall be verified by a company Secretary or a chartered Accountant or a cost Accountant, in practice:

Provided that in the case of a company pursuing objects requiring registration or approval from any sectoral regulators such as the Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, etc., the registration or approval, as the case may be from such regulator shall also be obtained and attached with the declaration.


Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2022 dated 08.04.2022


Companies (Incorporation) Fifth Amendment Rules,2016 dated 29/12/2016


Enforcement Notification S.O. 902(E) dated 26/03/2014


MCA Notification dated 19.01.2023 regarding Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2023


The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 dated 31.07.2019


The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 dated 02.11.2018 [repealed vide the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019]


The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 dated 12.01.2019 w.e.f., 02.11.2018


The Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2018 dated 18.12.2018


MCA Circular dated 24.03.2020 on Special Measures under CA-2013 and LLP Act, 2008 in view of COVID-19 outbreak


Form INC – 20 A for Nidhi Companies notified w.e.f. 08.04.2022


Form INC-20A


Form INC-20A – Substituted vide MCA Notification dated 19.01.2023


Form No. INC 32


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