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Zephyr Holdings Ltd, incorporated in Singapore, set up a place of business in Pune on 1 March. By what date must it deliver the prescribed documents, such as a certified copy of its charter or constitution and the list of directors, to the Registrar for registration?

A foreign company must deliver the prescribed documents to the Registrar within thirty days of establishing its place of business in India. For a place set up on 1 March, the deadline is 31 March. The Act sets no sixty or ninety day period.

  1. AWithin thirty days of establishing the place of business, that is by 31 MarchCorrect
  2. BWithin sixty days of establishing the place of business
  3. CWithin ninety days of its first financial year-end in India
  4. DBefore it begins any business in India, with no later time limit

Explanation

Section 380(1) requires every foreign company to deliver the specified documents to the Registrar within thirty days of establishing its place of business in India. Sixty or ninety days are not the statutory period. The obligation is also not tied to a financial year-end.

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