SECTION 20. SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
[Effective from 1st April, 2014]
(1) A document may be served on a company or an officer thereof by sending it to the company or the officer at the registered office of the company by registered post or by speed post or by courier service or by leaving it at its registered office or by means of such electronic or other mode as may be prescribed:
Provided that where securities are held with a depository, the records of the beneficial ownership may be served by such depository on the company by means of electronic or other mode.
(2) Save as provided in this Act or the rules made thereunder for filing of documents with the Registrar in electronic mode, a document may be served on Registrar or any member by sending it to him by post or by registered post or by speed post or by courier or by delivering at his office or address, or by such electronic or other mode as may be prescribed:
Provided that a member may request for delivery of any document through a particular mode, for which he shall pay such fees as may be determined by the company in its annual general meeting.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the term “courier” means a person or agency which delivers the document and provides proof of its delivery.
EXEMPTIONS
Section 20(2) shall apply to a Nidhi Company, subject to the modification that in the case of a Nidhi, the document may be served only on members who whold shares of more than one thousand rupees in face value or more than one percent. of the total paid-up share capital of the Nidhis whichever is less.
For other shareholders, document may be served by a public notice in newspaper circulated in the district where the Registered Office of the Nidhi is situated; and the publication of the same on the Notice board of the Nidhi vide Notification No. 465(E) dated 5th June, 2015.
Applicable Rules
Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014
[Effective from 1st April, 2014]
Rule 35. Service of documents.—(1) A document may be served on a company or an officer thereof through electronic transmission.
(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), the term, “electronic transmission” means a communication—
(a) delivered by—
(i) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the facsimile number or electronic mail address, respectively, which the company or the officer has provided from time to time for sending communications to the company or the officer respectively;
(ii) posting of an electronic message board or network that the company or the officer has designated for such communications, and which transmission shall be validly delivered upon the posting; or
(iii) other means of electronic communication, in respect of which the company or the officer has put in place reasonable systems to verify that the sender is the person purporting to send the transmission; and
(b) that creates a record that is capable of retention, retrieval and review, and which may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form.
(3) A document may be served on the Registrar or any member through electronic transmission.
(4) For the purposes of sub-rule (3), the term, “electronic transmission” means a communication—
(a) delivered by—
(i) facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the facsimile number or electronic mail address, respectively, which the Registrar or the member has provided from time to time for sending communications to the Registrar or the member respectively;
(ii) posting of an electronic message board or network that the Registrar or the member has designated for those communications, and which transmission shall be validly delivered upon the posting; or
(iii) other means of electronic communication, in respect of which the Registrar or the member has put in place reasonable systems to verify that the sender is the person purporting to send the transmission, and
(b) that creates a record that is capable of retention, retrieval and review, and which may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form.
(5) For the purposes of sub-section (1) and (2) of section 20, “courier” means a document sent through a courier which provides proof of delivery.
(6) In case of delivery by post, such service shall be deemed to have been effected—(i) in the case of a notice of a meeting, at the expiration of forty eight hours after the letter containing the same is posted; and (ii) in any other case, at the time at which the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.
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