| COMPANIES (PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION BY POSTAL BALLOT)  RULES 2011 | 
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| Though not notified yet, the  Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 30th May 2011 came out with the  Companies (Passing of the resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules 2011 in exercise  of its powers conferred by Section 192A read with clauses (a) & (b) of  sub-section (1) of Section 642 of the Companies Act, 1956. The salient features of the same  are herewith reproduced.
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| Companies (Passing  of the resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules 2011 | 
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| S.No | Head | Provision |  
|  | Applicability  | Listed Company with reference    to specified list of business |  
|  | Specified List of Business |   Same as before    being:-    (a)      alteration in the object clause of memorandum;
 (b)      alteration of articles of associations in relation to insertion of provisions    defining private company;
 (c)      buy-back of own shares by the company under sub-section (1) of section 77A;
 (d)      issue of shares with differential voting rights as to voting or dividend or    otherwise under sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of section 86;
 (e)      change in place of registered office outside local limits of any city, town    or village as specified in sub-section (2) of section 146;
 (f)      sale of whole or substantially the whole of undertaking of a company as    specified under sub-clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 293;
 (g)      giving loans or extending guarantee or providing security in excess of the    limit prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 272A;
 (h)      election of a director under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 252 of the    Act;
 (j)      variation in the rights attached to a class of shares or debentures or other    securities as specified under section 106
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|  | Method of dispatch Notice  | 
Under    Registered Post Acknowledgement Due orAny other    secured mode of posting provided by Department of Post; orThrough electronic    mode           Electronic mail is allowed    wherein the company has obtained e-mail addresses of the members and given an    advance opportunity to the members to register their e-mail and make changes    therein from time to time with the concerned depository  |  
|  | Disclosure in notice  | Whether the voting is allowed    through postal ballot or electronic mail, if through electronic mode then the    process and manner of voting by electronic mode provided by the agency.   |  
|  | Newspaper Advertisement  | In leading English and one    vernacular newspaper circulating in the state where the registered office of    the company is situated specifying  
Date of    completion of dispatch of notice Date of    commencement and ending of voting through postal ballot or electronic modeLast date    of  receipt of postal ballot notices which should be 30 days from the    date of completion of dispatch Provision to    apply for duplicate form thereof  |  
|  | Procedure to be followed  | 
To mention a    note below the notice of the Meeting that the resolution require consent of    the shareholders through postal ballotAppointment of    scrutinizer Submission of    report by scrutinizer Presence of    scrutinizer at the Registered office to ascertain requisite majority Scrutinizer to maintain    a register to record the result Procedure    specified by agency to be followed for voting through electronic mode  |  | 
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| The agency aforesaid has to be  duly approved by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Subject to obtaining the  certificate from STQX Directorate, Department of Information Technology,  Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt of India, NSDL and CDSL have been  approved by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for such purpose. This has  already been specified in Ministry circular No. 21/2011 dated 02.05.2011. | 
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| Ambiguities Herein | 
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| As per the wordings used in this  Notification, the voting option to be given by the company to its shareholders  has to be either postal ballot or through electronic mode. The company cannot  in such case provide both the options to its shareholders. This should have  been there for at least those shareholders whose e-mail id is not registered  with the company. | 
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| To read the  complete text of notification click here:- | 
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| COMPLIANCE OF PROVISIONS OF COMPANIES ACT AND RULES  THERETO | 
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| Ministry of  Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No 33/201 dated 01.06.2011 came up with  a circular to  cling hard against the companies which are not filing upto  to date Annual Filing documents and are just making event based filing. The  Circular would be effective w.e.f 3rd July, 2011.Ministry has  clarified that no other event based filing except Form 32, 20B, 21A, DIN-3,21,  23AC,23ACA, 1INV, 23B and 66 would be accepted by the Registrar of Companies  from these companies and this too just to ensure the interest of the  stakeholders.
 It has also been  clarified that:
 
No  other e-filing would be accepted from the Directors of the defaulting companies  for any other company also. CS/Auditor  shall not sign and certify any other form except one mentioned here above. No  certificate would be issued by members of ICAI, ICSI and ICWAI other than for  forms mentioned here above. | 
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| To read the  complete text of circular click here:- |