The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) has amended the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016.
As per the amendment notified on Friday, the Government stated that “In the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016, – (a) in Form No. STK-1, in paragraph (1), for the brackets and words “(tick whichever is applicable)” , the following shall be substituted, namely:- “ the company is not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12. (tick whichever is applicable)”; (b) in Form STK-5, in paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (iii) and before the long line, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(iv) the following companies are not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12.”
Further, in Form No. STK-5A, in paragraph 1, for the brackets and words “[Strike off whichever is not applicable]”, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(iv) are not carrying on any business or operations, as revealed after the physical verification carried out under sub-section (9) of section 12.”
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