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Rule - 38, Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014   

1 [Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically (SPICe).

38. (1) The application for incorporation of a company under this rule shall be in FORM No.INC 32 (SPICe) alongwith e-Memorandum of Association (e-MOA) in Form No INC-33 and e-Articles of Association (e-AOA) in Form no. INC-34:

Provided that in case of incorporation of a company falling under section 8 of the Act, FORM No.lNC-32 (SPICe) shall be filed along with FORM No.INC-13 (Memorandum of Association) and FORM No.INC-31 (Articles of Association) as attachments.

(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), the application for allotment of Director Identification Number upto three Directors, reservation of a name, incorporation of company and appointment of Directors of the proposed for One Person Company, private company, public company and a company falling under section 8 of the Act, shall be filed in FORM No. INC-32 (SPICe), with the Registrar, within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is proposed to be situated along with the fee of rupees five hundred in addition to the registration fee as specified in the Companies (Registration of Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014:

Provided that where an applicant has applied for reservation of a name under Rule 9 and which has been approved therein, he may fill the reserved name as proposed name of the company

(3) For the purposes of filing SPICe Form, the particulars of maximum of three directors shall be allowed to be filled in FORM No. INC-32 (SPICe), and allotment of Director Identification Number of maximum of three proposed directors shall be permitted in FORM No. INC-32 (SPICe) in case of proposed directors not having approved Director Identification Number.

(4) The promoter or applicant of the proposed company shall propose only one name in FORM No INC-32 (SPICe).

(5) The promoter or applicant of the proposed company shall prepare Memorandum of Association (e-MoA) in FORM No. INC-33 and Articles of Association (e-AoA) in FORM No. INC-34, in accordance with rule 13:

Provided that the subscribers and witness or witnesses shall affix their digital signatures to the e-MoA and e-AoA.

(6) For incorporation using application as provided in this rule, provisions of the sub-clause (i) of sub-section (5) of section 4 of the Act, rule 9 and clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 16 to the extent of affixing recent photograph shall not apply.

(7) A company using the provisions of this rule may furnish verification of its registered office under sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Act by filing FORM No.lNC-32 (SPICe) in which case the company shall attach along with such FORM No INC-32 (SPICe), any of the documents referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 25

(8) FORM No.lNC-22 shall not be required to be filed in case the proposed company maintains its registered office at the given correspondence address.

(9) (a) Where the Registrar, on examining FORM No.lNC-32 (SPICe), finds that it is necessary to call for further information or finds such application or document to be defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall give intimation to the applicant to remove the defects and re-submit the e-forrn within fifteen days from the date of such intimation giver by the Registrar.

(b) After the resubmission of the document, if the registrar still finds that the document is defective or incomplete in any respect, he shall give one more opportunity of fifteen days to remove such defects or deficiencies:

Provided that the total period for re-submission of documents shall not exceed thirty days.

(10) The Certificate of Incorporation of company shall be issued by the Registrar in Form No. INC-11.]