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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 2013, Section 157

Company to Inform Director Identification Number to Registrar

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Companies Act, 2013, Section 157 is part of Companies Act, 2013, - Company to Inform Director Identification Number to Registrar. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Every company shall, within fifteen days of the receipt of intimation under section 156, furnish the Director Identification Number of all its directors to the Registrar or any other officer or authority as may be specified by the Central Government with such fees as may be prescribed or with such additional fees as may be prescribed within the time specified under section 403 and every such intimation shall be furnished in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

(2) If a company fails to furnish Director Identification Number under sub-section (1), before the expiry of the period specified under section 403 with additional fee, the company shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees and every officer of the company who is in default shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees.

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What does Companies Act, 2013, Section 157 provide?

Section Section 157 of the Companies Act, 2013, (Company to Inform Director Identification Number to Registrar) is reproduced on this page as part of the Companies Act, 2013,. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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