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Zephyr Holdings Inc., incorporated in Delaware, opened a liaison office in Pune on 1 March. Its charter is in English. Within what period from establishing its place of business in India must it deliver the prescribed documents to the Registrar under Section 380?

A foreign company must deliver the Section 380 documents to the Registrar within thirty days of establishing its place of business in India. The period runs from establishment of the place of business, not from year end or any longer period.

  1. AWithin thirty days of establishing the place of businessCorrect
  2. BWithin sixty days of establishing the place of business
  3. CWithin ninety days of establishing the place of business
  4. DWithin thirty days of the end of the financial year

Explanation

Section 380(1) requires every foreign company to deliver the specified documents to the Registrar for registration within thirty days of the establishment of its place of business in India. Sixty or ninety days are not provided, and the period does not depend on the financial year end.

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