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INC-23

Application to shift the registered office. Ask the Regional Director to confirm a shift from one Registrar to another, or from one State to another.

Who filesCompanies leaving the jurisdiction of their present Registrar.
Governing lawProviso to section 12(5) for a new Registrar in the same State. Section 12(6) is the 60-day filing of that confirmation. Section 13(4) for a new State.
DueBefore INC-22. Rule 30 sets the notice period for a shift of State. This desk does not invent that period.
How it is filedMCA V3, to the Regional Director.
FeeThe fee on the form. Stamp duty is a separate State levy.
CertificationAs the form prints.

When to file

  • Mumbai to Pune, or Chennai to Coimbatore, or any other change of Registrar inside one State.
  • Any change of State.

Attachments

  • Special resolution
  • Copy of the application as the rule requires
  • Creditor notices, where the shift is to another State

Steps

  1. File MGT-14 for the special resolution.
  2. File INC-23.
  3. File the order in INC-28.
  4. Then file INC-22 with the new Registrar.

Questions

Is a shift inside Maharashtra always INC-23?
Only if the new office is under a different Registrar. Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II, Pune and Nagpur are different offices. A shift inside one of those districts is not INC-23.

VerifiedAct-sourced — Proviso to section 12(5), section 12(6), and section 13(4). Rules 28 and 30.