Fees, etc., to be Credited into Public Account All fees, charges and other sums received by any Registrar, Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Registrar or any other officer of the Central Government in pursuance of any provision of this Act shall be paid into the public account of India in the Reserve Bank of India.

Fee For Filing, etc [(1) Any document, required to be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, or any fact or information required or authorised to be registered under this Act, shall be submitted, filed, registered or recorded within the time specified in the relevant provision on payment of such fee as may beprescribed: 2[Provided that where any document,

Application of Provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 All the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 relating to the electronic records, including the manner and format in which the electronic records shall be filed, in so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, shall apply in relation to the records in electronic

Provision of Value Added Services Through Electronic Form The Central Government may provide such value added services through the electronic form and levy such fee thereon as may be prescribed.

Electronic form to be exclusive, alternative or in addition to physical form The Central Government may also provide in the rules made under section 398 and section 399 that the electronic form for the purposes specified in these sections shall be exclusive, or in the alternative or in addition to the physical form, therefor.

Inspection, Production and Evidence of Documents Kept by Registrar (1) Save as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Act, any person may— (a) inspect by electronic means any documents kept by the Registrar in accordance with the rules made, being documents filed or registered by him in pursuance of this Act, or making a record of any fact required or authorised to

Provisions Relating to Filing of Applications, Documents, Inspection, etc., in Electronic Form (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, and without prejudice to the provisions contained in section 6 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Central Government may make rules so as to require from such date as may be prescribed in the rules that—

Admissibility of Certain Documents as Evidence Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any document reproducing or derived from returns and documents filed by a company with the Registrar on paper or in electronic form or stored on any electronic data storage device orcomputer readable media by the Registrar, and authenticated by the Registrar or any other officer empowered by the Central

Registration offices (1) For the purposes of exercising such powers and discharging such functions as are conferred on the Central Government by or under this Act or under the rules made thereunder and for the purposes of registration of companies under this Act, the Central Government shall, by notification, establish such number of offices at such

Annual reports where one or more State Governments are members of companies (1) Where the Central Government is not a member of a Government company, every State Government which is a member of that company, or where only one State Government is a member of the company, that State Government shall cause an annual report on the working and affairs of the company to