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Kaveri Tech Ltd. is a foreign company that delivered its documents to the Registrar in India. Its charter is in German. Which of the following must accompany the certified copy of the charter in its filing under the Act?

A certified translation in English must accompany it. Section 380(1)(a) says that where the charter, statutes or constituting instrument of the foreign company is not in the English language, a certified English translation must be delivered along with the certified copy.

  1. AA certified translation in the English languageCorrect
  2. BA translation in Hindi approved by the Registrar
  3. CAn affidavit from the German consulate
  4. DA notarised summary of the charter in English

Explanation

Section 380(1)(a) requires a certified copy of the charter or constituting instrument and, if it is not in English, a certified translation in English. Hindi translations, consular affidavits or summaries are not what the provision requires.

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