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Power to direct payment of amount due to the Fund. (1 ) The1 company Shall famish a statement to the Authority in Form No. IEPF 6 within thirty days of end of financial year stating therein “the amounts due to be transferred to the fund in next financial year: ( 2 ) The company shaft also furnish a statement to the authority within thirty days of the closure of its accounts for the financial year stating therein the reasons of deviation; if any, of amounts detailed in sub rule (1) above and actual amounts transferred to the Fund:] (3) Authority shall furnish a report to the Central Government within sixty days of end of financial year giving details of companies who have failed to transfer the due amount to the Fund. (4) Authority shall also furnish a report to the Central Government by end of next financial year giving details of companies who have failed to file information referred to in sub–rule (8) of rule 5. Amendment 1.Omitted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthoritv (Accounting. Audit. Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules. 2019 Dated 14th August. 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019  PreviousNext   Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon

Refund to claimants from Fund (1) Any person whose shares, unclaimed dividend, matured deposits, matured debentures, application money due for refund, or interest thereon, sale proceeds of fractional shares, redemption proceeds of preference shares etc., has been transferred to the Fund, may claim the shares under proviso to sub¬section (6) of section 124 or apply for refund under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 125 or under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 125, as the case may be, to the Authority by submitting an online application in Form lEPF-5 available on the website www.iepf.gov.in along with fee specified by the Authority from time to time in consultation with the Central Government. 3[(2) Upon submission. FormNo. IEPF-5 shall be transmitted online to the Nodal Officer of the company for verification of claim: Provided that the claimant after making an application in Form No. IEPF-5 under sub rule 1, shall send original physical share certificate, original bond, deposit certificate, debenture certificate, as the case may be, along with Indemnity Bond, Advance Receipts, any other document as enumerated in Form No. IEPF-5. duly signed by him, to the Nodal Officer of the concerned company at its registered office for verification of the claim.] 4[(2A) Every company which is required to credit amounts or shares to the fund or has deposited the amount or transferred the shares to the Fund shall nominate a Nodal Officer, who shall either be a Director or Chief financial Officer or Company Secretary of the company, for the purposes of verification of claims and coordination with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority: Provided that a company may appoint one or more Officer as Deputy Nodal Officer to assist the Nodal Officer for the purposes of verification of claim and for coordination with Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority: Provided further that the Nodal Officer shall be solely liable for all actions of any officer appointed as Deputy Nodal Officer: Provided also that in case a company fails to appoint Nodal Officer, every director of the company shall be deemed to be nodal officer and be liable for any failure to comply with requirement of these rules.] 5[(2B)The details of the Nodal Officerand Deputy Nodal Officerduly indicating his or her designation, postal address, telephone and mobile number and company authorized e-mail ID shall be communicated to the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority in Form No. IEPF – 2 within fifteen days from the date of publication of these rules and the company shall display the name of Nodal Officer and his e-mail ID on its website: Provided that any change in the Nodal Officer or his details shall be communicated to the Authority through Form No. IEPF-2 within seven days of such change along with board resolution thereof.] 6[(3) The company shall, within thirty days from the date of receipt of claim, send an online verification report to the Authority after verification of details in Form No. IEPF-5 in the format specified by the Authority along with all the documents submitted by the claimant and shall attach the scanned copy of all the original documents submitted by the claimant in physical form duly certified by its Nodal Officer alongwith the e-verification report along with a scanned copy of both sides of original physical share certificate or original bond or deposit or debenture certificate/s duly cancelled and certified: Provided that if the online verification report is not sent by the company within thirty days of filing of claim, the company may do so by paying additional feeof fifty rupees for every day subject to maximum of two thousand and five hundred rupees: Provided further that the company shall be liable to maintain the original documents submitted to it by the claimant and shall produce such documents whenever required: Provided also that in case of non-receipt of verification report along with documents by the Authority after the expiry of sixty days from the date of filing of Form No. I EPF-5, the Authority may reject Form No. IEPF-5. after sending a communication to the claimant and the concerned company, on the e-mail address of the claimant and the company, to furnish response within a period of fifteen days: Provided also that for failure to submit verification report of the claim in accordance with these rules, the company and its Nodal Officer shall be punishable as per the provisions of the Act. Explanation-n case (i) loss of original physical share certificate or original bond or deposit or debenture certificate or proof of entitlement, the company and the claimant shall follow the procedure as laid down in the Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules, 2014 , theSecurities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, guidelines, procedures and circulars issued from time to time and Schedule lllof these rules and attach certified copies of all documents as may be required under the said rules or guidelines with the e-verification report; (ii) In addition, the company shall attach a scanned copy of both sides of share certificate generated under clause (d) of sub-rule (3) of rule 6 of these rules along with the e- verification report;(iii) The Company shall be solely responsible for collecting original physical share certificate or original bond or deposit or debenture certificate or proof of entitlement from the claimant and shall be liable for any misuse thereof.] (4) After verification of the entitlement of the claimant- (a) to the amount claimed, the Authority and then Drawing and Disbursement Officer of the Authority shall present a bill to the Pay and Accounts Office for (b) to the shares claimed, the Authority shall issue a refund sanction order with the approval of the Competent Authority and shall credit the shares to the DEMAT account of the claimant to the extent of the claimant’s entitlement. (5) The Authority shall, in its records, cause a note to be made of all the payments made under sub-rule (4). (6) An application received for refund of any claim under this rule duly verified by the concerned company shall be disposed off by the Authority within sixty days from the date of receipt of the verification report from the company, complete in all respects and any delay beyond sixty days shall be recorded in writing specifying the reasons forthe delay and the same shall be communicated to the claimant in writing or by electronic means. T[(7) Where the Authority, on examining any application for claim, finds it necessary to call for further information or finds such application or e-form or document to be defective or incomplete in any respect, the Authority shall give intimation of such

Manner of transfer of shares under sub-section (6) of section 124 to the Fund (1) The shares shall be credited to DEMAT Account of the Authority to be opened by the Authority for the said purpose, within a period of thirty days of such shares becoming due to be transferred to the Fund: Provided that, in case the beneficial owner has encashed any dividend warrant 5[or any dividend amount has been credited to bank account of the owner of such shares] during the last seven years, such shares shall not be required to be transferred to the Fund even though some dividend warrants may not have been encashed: *2[ Provided further that in cases where the period of seven years provided under sub-section (5) of section 124 has been completed or being completed during the period from 7th September, 2016 to 31st October, 2017, the due date of transfer of such shares shall be deemed to be 31st October, 2017.] 4[Provided further that transfer of shares by the companies to the Fund shall be deemed to be transmission of shares and the procedure to be followed for transmission of shares shall be followed by the companies while transferring the shares to the fund.] 7[Explanation.- For removal of all doubts, it is hereby clarified that all shares in respect of which dividend has been transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund on or before the 7th September 2016, shall also be transferred by the company in the name of Investor Education and Protection Fund.] (2) For the purposes of effecting transfer of such shares, the Board shall authorise the Company Secretary or any other person to sign the necessary documents. (3) The company shall follow the following procedure while transferring the shares, namely:- (a) The company shall inform, at the latest available address, the shareholder concerned regarding transfer of shares three months before the due date of transfer of shares and also simultaneously publish a notice in the leading newspaper in English and regional language having wide circulation informing the concerned that the names of such shareholders and their folio number or DP ID – Client ID are available on their website duly mentioning the website address. (b) In case, where there is a specific order of Court or Tribunal or statutory Authority restraining any transfer of such shares and payment of dividend or where such shares are pledged or hypothecated under the provisions of the Depositories Act, 1996 or shares already been transferred under sub-rule (1) above, the company shall not transfer such shares to the Fund: Provided that the company shall furnish details of such shares and unpaid dividend to the Authority in Form No. IEPF 3 within thirty days from the end of financial year. (c) For the purposes of effecting the transfer, where the shares are dealt with in a depository- (i) the Company shall inform the depository byway of corporate action, where the shareholders have their accounts for transfer in favour of the Authority. (ii) on receipt of such intimation, the depository shall effect the transfer of shares in favour of DEMAT account of the Authority. 3“(d) For the purposes of effecting the transfer shares held in physical form– (i) the Company Secretary or the person authorised by the Board shall make an application, on behalf of the concerned shareholder, to the company, for issue of a new share certificate; (ii) on receipt of the application under clause (a), a new share certificate for each such shareholder shall be issued and it shall be stated on the face of the certificate that “Issued in lieu of share certificate No for the purpose oftransferto IEPF” and the same be recorded in the register maintained forthe purpose; (iii) particulars of every share certificate shall be in Form No. SH–1 as specified in the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014; (iv) after issue of a new share certificate, the company shall inform the depository byway of corporate action to convert the share certificates into DEMAT form and transfer in favour of the Authority.“ (4) The company shall make such transfers through corporate action and shall preserve copies for its records. 8[(5) While effecting such transfer, the company shall send a statement to the Authority in Form No. I EPF–4 within thirty days of the corporate action taken under clause (c) of sub–rule (3) of rule 6 containing details of such transfer and the company shall also attach a copy of the public notice published under clause (a) of sub–rule (3) of rule 6 in Form No IEPF–4.1 (6) The voting rights on shares transferred to the Fund shall remain frozen until the rightful owner claims the shares: Provided that forthe purpose of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, the shares which have been transferred to the Authority shall not be excluded while calculating the total voting rights. 9[(7) The company shall maintain all such statements filed under sub – rule (5) in the same format along with all supporting documents and the Authority shall have the powers to inspect such records], l0[(8) All benefits accruing on such shares like bonus shares, split, consolidation, fraction shares and the like except right issue shall also be credited to such DEMAT account [by the company which shall send a statement to the Authority in Form No. IEPF–4 within thirty days of the corporate action containing details of such transfer.]] l1[(9) The shares held in such DEMAT account shall not be transferred or dealt with in any manner whatsoever except for the purposes of transferring the shares back to the claimant as and when he approaches the Authority or in accordance with sub-rules (10), (11) and (11A).] (10) If the company is getting delisted, the Authority shall surrender shares on behalf of the shareholders in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009 and the proceeds realised shall be credited to the Fund and a separate ledger account shall be maintained for such proceeds. (11) In case the company whose shares or securities are held by the Authority is being wound up, the Authority may surrender the securities to receive the amount entitled on behalf of the securityholder and credit the amount to the Fund and a separate ledger account shall be maintained for such proceeds. (12) Any further dividend received on such shares shall be credited to the Fund and a separate ledger account shall be maintained for such proceeds”.] –[“(13) Any amount required to be credited by the companies to the Fund as provided under sub–rules (10), (11)

Statement to be furnished to the Fund 3[(4A) The companies which have transferred any amount referred to in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (2) of section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) to Investor Education and Protection Fund or Central Government, but have not filed the statement or have filed the statement in any format other than in excel template, as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 5, shall submit details mentioned in sub-rule (1) of rule 5 in Form No. IEPF – 1A along with excel template within sixty days of notification of these amended rule.] (5) The amount may also be remitted by Electronic Fund Transfer in such manner, as may be specified by the Central Government. (6) (a) On receipt of the statement, the Authority shall enter the details of such receipt in a Register maintained physically or electronically by it in respect of each company every year, and reconcile the amount so remitted and collected, with the concerned designated bank on monthly basis. (b) Each designated bank shall furnish an abstract of such receipts during the month to the Authority within seven days after the close of every month. 4[(c) The company shall maintain the record filed under sub – rule (1) in the same format along with all supporting documents and the Authority shall have the powers to inspect such records.] (7) The provisions of this rule shall be applicable mutatis mutandis in respect of the amounts to be credited to the Fund in pursuance of clauses (h)to (m) of sub-section (2) of section 125. 5[(8) Every company shall within a period of sixty days after the holding of Annual General Meeting or the date on which it should have been held as per the provisions of section 96 of the Act, whichever is earlier and every year thereafter till completion of the seven years period, identify the unclaimed amounts, as referred in subsection (2) of section 125 of the Act, as on the date of closure of financial year the account of which are to be adopted in the Annual General Meeting as per sub-section (1) of section 137 of the Act, separately furnish and upload on its own website and also on website of Authority or any other website as may be specified by the Government, a statement or information of unclaimed and unpaid amounts separately for each of the previous seven financial years through Form No. IEPF–2. containing following information, namely:- (a) the names and last known addresses of the persons entitled to receive the sum; (b) the nature of amount; (c) the amount to which each person is entitled; (d) the due date for transfer into the Investor Education and Protection Fund; and (e) such other information as may be considered necessary.] Amendment 1. Substituted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 for sub-rule (1), (1) Any amount required to be credited by the companies to the Fund as provided under clause (a) to (n) of sub-section (2) of section 125 of the Act shall be remitted into the specified branches of Punjab National Bank, which is the accredited Bank of the Pay and Accounts Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and other authorised banks engaged by the MCA-21 system, within a period of thirty days of such amounts becoming due to be credited to the Fund. the following sub-rule shall be substituted namely, (1) Any amount required to be credited by the companies to the Fund as provided under clauses (a) to (n) of sub-section (2) of section 125 of the Act shall be remitted online along with a Statement in Form No. IEPF 1 containing details of such transfer to the Authority within a period of thirty days of such amounts becoming due to be credited to the Fund. 2. Omitted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 3. Inserted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 4. Substituted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 in sub-rule (6), for clause (c), (c)The company shall maintain record consisting of name, last known address, amount, folio number or client ID, certificate number, beneficiary details etc. of the persons in respect of whom unpaid or unclaimed amount has remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years and has been transferred to the Fund and the Authority shall have the powers to inspect such records. the following sub-rule shall be substituted namely, (c) The company shall maintain the record filed under sub – rule (1) in the same format along with all supporting documents and the Authority shall have the powers to inspect such records. 5. Substituted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 for sub-rule (8), (8) Every company shall within a period of ninety days after the holding of Annual General Meeting or the date on which it should have been held as per the provisions of section 96 of the Act and every year thereafter till completion of the seven years period, identify the unclaimed amounts, as referred in sub-section 2 of section 125 of the Act, as on the date of holding of Annual General Meeting or the date on which it should have been held as per the provisions of section 96 of the Act, separately furnish and upload on its own website and also on website of Authority or any other website as may be specified by the Government, a statement or information through Form No. IEPF 2. separately for each year, containing following information, namely:- (a) the names and last known addresses of the persons entitled to receive the sum; (b) the nature of amount; (c) the amount to which each person is entitled; (d) the due date for transfer into the Investor Education and Protection Fund; and (e) such other information as may be considered relevant for the purposes. the following sub-rule shall be substituted namely, (8) Every company shall within a period of sixty days after the holding of Annual General Meeting or the date on which it should have been held

Accounts and audit (1) The Authority shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records as given in Schedule to these rules and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be specified by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor–General of India. (2) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by the Internal Audit Party of the office of Chief Controller of Accounts and Comptroller and Auditor–General of india at such intervals and any expenditure incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the Authority to the Comptroller and Auditor–General of India. (3) The Comptroller and Auditor–General of India or any other person appointed by him in connection with the audit of the accounts of the Authority shall have the same rights and privileges and Authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor– General generally has in connection with the audit of the Government accounts and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Authority. (4) The accounts of the Authority as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor–General of India or any other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid before each House of Parliament. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon

Fund (1) The Authority shall administer the Fund. (2) There shall be credited to the Fund, the following amounts, namely:- (a) all amounts payable as mentioned in clause (a) to (n) of sub-section (2) of section 125 of the Act; (b) all shares in accordance with sub-section (6) of section 124 of the Act; (c) all the resultant benefits arising out of shares held by the Authority under clause (b); (d) all grants, fees and charges received by the Authority under these rules; (e) all sums received by the Authority from such other sources as may be decided upon by the Central Government; (f) all income earned by the Authority in any year; 5[(fa) all shares held by the Authority in accordance with proviso of sub-section (9) of section 90 of the Act and all the resultant benefits arising out of such shares, without any restrictions;] 1[(g) all amounts payable as mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 10B of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, section 10B of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 2[, sub-section (3) of section 38A of the State Bank of India Act,1955],and section 40A of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959; and’.] (h) all other sums of money collected by the Authority as envisaged in the Act. (3) In case of term deposits and debentures of companies, due unpaid or unclaimed interest shall be transferred to the Fund along with the transfer of the matured amount of such term deposits and debentures. (4) (a) All the money, which accrue under sub section (2) 3[except clause (g)] of section 125 of the Act shall be deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India under the Major Head ‘0075- Miscellaneous General Services – 104 – Unclaimed and Unpaid dividends, deposits and debentures etc.’. Such sums along with amount deposited under section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 shall be transferred to the Fund in the non-interest bearing Public Account after taking due approval of Parliament through Appropriation Act, This non-interest bearing Public Account shall be termed as IEPF Fund and shall be utilised for the purposes provided under sub-section (3) of section 125 of the Act (b) (i) All amounts remitted by the companies shall initially be accounted for under the following heads of Accounts:- Major Head 0075 – Miscellaneous General Services Minor Head 104 – Unpaid dividend of Companies. (ii) Grants and donations given to the Fund by the State Governments 4[the Central Government], Companies or any other institutions for the purpose of the Fund as also the interest or other income received out of the Investments made from the Fund shall be credited to a separate sub-head under “800 – Other Receipts” below the MH 0075 – Misc. General Services. (iii) Amount booked under the above receipt head shall be transferred to the Fund account under Major Head ‘8235 – General and other Reserve Fund – 116 – IE & PF’ by the PAO, Ministry of Corporate Affairs after making suitable budget provision under Major Head ‘3451 – Secretariat Economic Services 797 – Transfer to Reserve Fund Deposit Account – Transfer to Investor’s Education and Protection Fund’. In case the amounts of receipts in a year is more than the budget provision made under Major Head 3451 transfer to the Fund, the difference shall be transferred to the Fund in subsequent year, after obtaining approval of the Budget Division of Department of Economic Affairs and after making adequate budget provision in the relevant year. (iv) Budget provision in connection with the activities to be financed from the Fund shall be made under Major Head 3451 – Secretariat Economic Services 090 Secretariat – Investor’s Education and Protection Fund. Actual expenditure under the head shall be recouped from the Fund and the amount so recouped shall be accounted for under the Major Head ‘3451’ as Deduct entry below Minor Head ‘902 – Deduct – amount met from Investor’s Education and Protection Fund’ with contra debit to Major Head – ‘8235 – General and Other Reserve Funds –116 – Investor’s Education and Protection Fund’. Amendment 1.Substituted by the Investor Education and ProtectionFund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2017 Dated 28th February, 2017. In rule 3, in sub-rule (2) for clause (g), (g) all amounts payable as mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 10B of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 and section 10B of Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980; and the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- ‘(g) all amounts payable as mentioned in sub-section (3) of section 10B of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, section 10B of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 and section 40A of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959; and’. 2. Inserted by The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2019. Dated 01st May 2019 Effective from 05th September 2016 3. Omitted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019Effective from 20th August 2019 4. Inserted by The Investor Education and Protection FundAuthority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 5. Inserted by the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2021 dated 09th June 2021. 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Definitions (1) In these rules, unless the contexxt otherwise requires,— (a) “Act” means the Companies Act 2013; (b) “Authority” means the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority constituted under subsection (5) of section 125 of the Act; (c) “Chairperson” means the chairperson of the authority appointed under sub-section (6) of section 125 of the Act; 1[(d) “Company” means a company defined in sub-section (20) of section 2 of the Act and includes ‘corresponding new bank’ as defined in sub-section (d) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) and clause (b) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980) 2[,State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), subsidiary bank’ as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959) and includes any other entity which is required to transfer any fund to investor Education and Protection Fund in accordance with any Act or statute governing it] 3[and any transferee company in respect of the assets and liabilities of transferor company]; (da) “Corporate action” means any action taken by the company relating to transfer of shares and all the benefits accruing on such shares 4[including], bonus shares, split, consolidation, fraction shares etc., except right issue to the Authority;] (e) “Existing IEPF” means the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) constituted under section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); (f) “Fund” means the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) constituted under section 125 of the Act; 5[(g)“Investor” means any person, who has committed money in shares, or debentures, bond or deposits under a scheme or plan of a company registered under the Act]; (h) “Member” means member of the Authority appointed under sub-section (6) of section 125 of the Act; and (i) “Section” means the section of the Act. (2) Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined herein but defined in the Act or in the Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014, shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act or in the said rules. Amendment 1.Substituted by theInvestor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting. Audit. Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules. 2017 Dated 28th February. 2017. In rule 2, in sub-rule (1), for sub-rule (d), “(d) “Company” means company as defined in sub-section (20) of section 2 of the Act and includes ‘corresponding new bank’ as defined in sub-section (d) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) and clause (b) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980);” The following shall be substituted, namely: “(d) “Company” means a company defined in sub-section (20) of section 2 of the Act and includes ‘corresponding new bank’ as defined in sub-section (d) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) and clause (b) of section 2 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980) and ‘subsidiary bank’ as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959); (da) “Corporate action” means any action taken by the company relating to transfer of shares and all the benefits accruing on such shares namely, bonus shares, split, consolidation, fraction shares etc., except right issue to the Authority;” 2.Substituted by The Investor Education and ProtectionFund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Amendment Rules, 2019. Dated 01st May 2019 Effective from 05th September 2016 in sub-rule(1), in clause (d), for the words, brackets, letter and figures and ‘subsidiary bank’ as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959) the following words, brackets, letter and figures shall be substituted namely, ,State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), ‘ subsidiary bank’ as defined in clause (k) of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Bank) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959) and includes any other entity which is required to transfer any fund to Investor Education and Protection Fund in accordance with any Act or statute governing it; 3.Inserted bvThe Investor Education and Protection FundAuthoritv (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 4. Substituted bvThe Investor Education and Protection FundAuthoritv (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Re1und)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effecti ve from 20th August 2019 in sub-rule (1), in clause (da), for the word namely, the following words shall be substituted namely, including. 5. Omitted bvThe Investor Education and Protection FundAuthoritv (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Retunď)Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Dated 14th August, 2019 Effective from 20th August 2019 Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon

Short title, extent and commencement (1) These rules may be called the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the 7th September 2016. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon

Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government or Authority or any officer of the Central Government or any member, officer or other employee of the Authority for anything, which is in good faith done or intended to be done under these rules. Schedule I S. No. Designation Pay Scale Number of posts 1. General Manager PB-4 + GP Rs. 8700 01 2. Assistant General Manager PB-3 + GP Rs. 5400 01 3. Senior Accounts Officer PB-3 + GP Rs. 5400 01 4. Assistant Accounts Officer PB-2 + GP Rs. 4800 02 Schedule II Functional Divisions of the Authority (1) Administration: (i) Establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating administrative functions as may be necessary or deemed expedient for fulfilling the objects of the Fund. (ii) Authority and committees of Authority related matters. (2) Investment/ Funds Management: (i) Maintaining funds standing to the credit of Fund, investing the same in interest bearing account of any nationalised bank. (ii) Opening of depository account of authority and transferring into the account securities of investor and transferring to investors account securities upon settlement of the claim. (3) Claims and Settlement: (i) Making refunds to eligible investors after following due procedure in respect of claims lodged by investors in accordance with clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 125 of the Act and rules made thereunder. (ii) Distribution of disgorged amount as per the order of the court or the Authority. (iii) Distribution of disgorged amount in consultation with Legal and Enforcement Division, to eligible and identified security holders who have suffered losses due to any wrong actions of any person in accordance with the order of Tribunal or order of the Authority, as the case may be. The amount to be distributed shall be limited to amount disgorged in respect of any particular order and no other funds can be used for distribution. (4) Legal and Enforcement: (i) Initiation of legal cases against non-compliant companies or persons. (ii) Handling disputes and legal cases arising out of claims or settlement or any other dispute. (iii) Reimbursement of funds from Fund for meeting legal expenses incurred in pursuing class action suits under section 37 and 245 of the Act by members, debenture holders or depositors as sanctioned by Tribunal in accordance with the procedure prescribed in this regard. (5) Investor Education and Protection: (i) Registering associations or institutions or professional bodies or chambers of commerce and industry or other organisations engaged in investor education and protection activities. (ii) Sanctioning grants to the registered entities for seminars, programmes, projects or activities in the field of corporate governance. Investors’ Education and Protection including research activities. (iii) Monitoring of the utilisation of the grants to ensure the achievements of the objectives of the sanctioning of the grants. (iv) Cooperating and collaborating with institutions engaged in Investor Education, corporate governance, awareness, and protection activities. (v) Conducting on its own or in collaboration with entities engaged in Investor education and protection or academic institutions or other regulated entities like Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Banks and Mutual funds nationwide investors’ education and awareness programmes including seminars and symposia. (vi) Setting up of institutional arrangements or infrastructure for taking up programmes; projects and action plans keeping in view the objectives and expenditure relating thereto, including research and training activities. (vii) Publishing and disseminating information for investors’ benefit and objects and achievements of the Fund. (viii) Advising Central Government on the issues related to Investors’ interest. (ix) Sponsor specific studies or research or analysis for the development of capital market. (6) Finance, Accounts and Audit: (i) Maintenance of accounts of inflow and outflow of funds. (ii) Reconciliation of accounts of investors. (iii) Preparation of all accounting reports, audit work and annual report. (iv) Returns to Central Government. (v) Preparation of budget of authority and its monitoring. (vi) Accounting for all claims of investor in respective accounts. (vii) Procedure for accounting of investors’ funds and securities. (7) The Chairperson may re-allocate functions, merge or sub-divide divisions as per administrative requirement. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon

Vacancies, etc., Not to Invalidate Proceedings of Authority No act or proceeding of the Authority and its Committees shall be invalid merely by reason of- (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the Authority and its Committees; (b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Authority and its Committees; (c) any laches in the procedure of the Authority and its Committees not affecting the merits of the case. Practice area’s of B K Goyal & Co LLP Income Tax Return Filing | Income Tax Appeal | Income Tax Notice | GST Registration | GST Return Filing | FSSAI Registration | Company Registration | Company Audit | Company Annual Compliance | Income Tax Audit | Nidhi Company Registration| LLP Registration | Accounting in India | NGO Registration | NGO Audit | ESG | BRSR | Private Security Agency | Udyam Registration | Trademark Registration | Copyright Registration | Patent Registration | Import Export Code | Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection | Section 8 Company | Foreign Company | 80G and 12A Certificate | FCRA Registration |DGGI Cases | Scrutiny Cases | Income Escapement Cases | Search & Seizure | CIT Appeal | ITAT Appeal | Auditors | Internal Audit | Financial Audit | Process Audit | IEC Code | CA Certification | Income Tax Penalty Notice u/s 271(1)(c) | Income Tax Notice u/s 142(1) | Income Tax Notice u/s 144 |Income Tax Notice u/s 148 | Income Tax Demand Notice  Company Registration Services in major cities of India Company Registration in Jaipur | Company Registration in Delhi | Company Registration in Pune | Company Registration in Hyderabad | Company Registration in Bangalore | Company Registration in Chennai | Company Registration in Kolkata | Company Registration in Mumbai | Company Registration in India | Company Registration in Gurgaon