This document outlines new rules established by the Government of India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs regarding the maintenance and inspection of company registers and records. Some key points:
- Companies must maintain registers of members, debenture holders, and other security holders, and file annual and periodic returns regarding shareholding changes.
- Registers must be maintained and updated within 7 days of certain events like share transfers or changes in status.
- Companies can keep foreign registers of overseas members, and must transmit entries to their Indian office within 15 days.
- Persons holding shares not in their own name must declare any beneficial interests.
- Public notice must be given at least 7 days before closing registers to members.