403. Fee for filing, etc
(1) Any document, required to be submitted, filed, registered or recorded, or any
fact or information required or authorised to be registered under this Act, shall be submitted,
filed, registered or recorded within the time specified in the relevant provision on payment of
such fee as may be prescribed:
Provided that any document, fact or information may be submitted, filed, registered or
recorded, after the time specified in relevant provision for such submission, filing, registering
or recording, within a period of two hundred and seventy days from the date by which it
should have been submitted, filed, registered or recorded, as the case may be, on payment of
such additional fee as may be prescribed:
Provided further that any such document, fact or information may, without prejudice to
any other legal action or liability under the Act, be also submitted, filed, registered or recorded,
after the first time specified in first proviso on payment of fee and additional fee specified
under this section.
(2) Where a company fails or commits any default to submit, file, register or record any
document, fact or information under sub-section (1) before the expiry of the period specified
in the first proviso to that sub-section with additional fee, the company and the officers of
the company who are in default, shall, without prejudice to the liability for payment of fee and
additional fee, be liable for the penalty or punishment provided under this Act for such
failure or default.