Section 385 of Companies Act, 2013 – Fee for registration of documents

SECTION 385. FEE FOR REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS

[Effective from 1st April, 2014]

There shall be paid to the Registrar for registering any document required by the provisions of this Chapter to be registered by him, such fee, as may be prescribed.

Applicable Rules

Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014

[Effective from 1st April, 2014]

Rule 8. Office where documents to be delivered and fee for registration of documents.—(1) Any document which any foreign company is required to deliver to the Registrar shall be delivered to the Registrar having jurisdiction over New Delhi, and references to the Registrar in Chapter XXII of the Act i.e. Companies Incorporated Outside India and these rules shall be construed accordingly.

(2) The fee to be paid to the Registrar for registering any document relating to a foreign company shall be such as provided in the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.

(3) If any foreign company ceases to have a place of business in India, it shall forthwith give notice of the fact to the Registrar, and as from the date on which notice is so given, the obligation of the company to deliver any document to the Registrar shall cease, provided it has no other place of business in India.