penalty is payable for non-compliance of any of the provisions
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if penalty is payable for non-compliance of any of the provisions of this Act by a One Person Company, small company, start-up company or Producer Company, or by any of its officer in default, or any other person in respect of such company, then such company, its officer in default or any other person, as the case may be, shall be liable to a penalty which shall not be more than one-half of the penalty specified in such provisions subject to a maximum of two lakh rupees in case of a company and one lakh rupees in case of an officer who is in default or any other person, as the case may be.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section-
(a) “Producer Company” means a company as defined in clause (l) of section 378A;
(b) “start-up company” means a private company incorporated under this Act or under the Companies Act, 1956 and recognised as start-up in accordance with the notification issued by the Central Government in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.]
Amendment
1.Inserted by The Companies (Amendment)Act,2017
2. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance,2018 dated 02.11.2018
In section 446B,for the portion beginning with “punishable with fine” and ending with “specified in such sections”, the words “liable to a penalty which shall not be more than one half of the penalty specified in such sections” shall be substituted.
3. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance,2019 dated 12.01.2019 [Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 is repealed on 12th January 2019]
4. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act,2019 –: Effective From 02nd November 2018 [Companies (Amendment) Second Ordinance 2019 is repealed on 31st July 2019]
5. Substituted by the Companies (Amendment) Act,2020 Amendment Effective from 22nd January 2021
for section 446B
1[446B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if a One Person Company or a small company fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 92, sub-section (2) of section 117 or sub-section (3) of section 137, such company and officer in default of such company shall be 4[3[2[liable to a penalty which shall not be more than one half of the penalty specified in such sections]]]
the following shall be substituted namely
446B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, if penalty is payable for non-compliance of any of the provisions of this Act by a One Person Company, small company, start-up company or Producer Company, or by any of its officer in default, or any other person in respect of such company, then such company, its officer in default or any other person, as the case may be, shall be liable to a penalty which shall not be more than one-half of the penalty specified in such provisions subject to a maximum of two lakh rupees in case of a company and one lakh rupees in case of an officer who is in default or any other person, as the case may be.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section-
(a) “Producer Company” means a company as defined in clause (l) of section 378A;
(b) “start-up company” means a private company incorporated under this Act or under the Companies Act, 1956 and recognised as start-up in accordance with the notification issued by the Central Government in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
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