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MCA constitutes a 10-Member Committee to review the offences under the Companies Act, 2013

By LawStreet News Network      16 July, 2018 12:00 AM      0 Comments
MCA constitutes a 10-Member Committee to review the offences under the Companies Act, 2013

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on Saturday (July 14th, 2018) has constituted a 10 Member Committee, headed by the Secretary of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, to review the penal provisions in the Companies Act, 2013.

The committee will review the Act to propose de-criminalisation of certain offences and suggest ways to replace it with an in-house mechanism, where a penalty could be levied in instances of default.

MCA has decided that the existing compoundable offences in the Companies Act - 2013 viz. offences punishable with fine only or punishable with fine or imprisonment or both may be examined and a decision may be taken as to whether any of such offences may be considered as civil wrongs or defaults where a penalty by an adjudicating officer may be imposed in the first place and only consequent to further non-compliance of the order of such authority will it be categorised as an offence triable by a special court.

It is believed that this would also reduce the pressure on trial courts and allow it to pay more attention to offences of serious nature.

Moreover, it is also required to be to be seen as to whether any non-compoundable offences may be made compoundable.

The 10 member Committee comprises of Mr. T.K. Vishwanathan, Former Secretary General Lok Sabha and Chairman, BLRC, Mr. Uday Kotak, MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mr. Shardul S Shroff, Executive Chairman, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Mr. Ajay Bahl, Founder Managing Partner, AZB & Partners, Mr. Amarjit Chopra, Senior Partner, GSA Associate, Arghya Sengupta, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and Mr. Sidharth Birla, Former President, FICCI.

The committee has been asked to submit its recommendations within 30 days to the Central Government.

If the recommendations of the Committee is accepted then the existing company law would be amended by introducing it in the upcoming winter session of the parliament.



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