[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)1

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, dated 12th February, 2025

G S R (E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26, sub-section (1) of section 27, section 28, section 29, sub-section (2) of section 31, sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 39, sub-section (6) of section 40 and section 42 read with section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014, namely:—

(1) These rules may be called the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Amendment Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014, in rule 9B, in sub-rule (2), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —

"Provided further that a private company, other than a Producer company, which is not a small company as on 31st March, 2023, may comply with the provision of this sub-rule by 30th June, 2025.".

[F. NO. r /2013-CL-V]

(Balamurugan D.)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

Explanatory Memorandum. — It is hereby declared that by issuing the notification with retrospective effect, the interest of no person shall be adversely affected.

Note. — The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 251(E), dated the 31 ^qt March, 2014 and lastly amended vide notification G.S.R. 583(E), dated the 20'n September, 2024.