380. Documents, etc., to be delivered to Registrar by foreign companies
(1) Every foreign company shall, within thirty days of the establishment of its
place of business in India, deliver to the Registrar for registration—
(a) a certified copy of the charter, statutes or memorandum and articles, of the
company or other instrument constituting or defining the constitution of the company
and, if the instrument is not in the English language, a certified translation thereof in
the English language;
(b) the full address of the registered or principal office of the company;
(c) a list of the directors and secretary of the company containing such particulars
as may be prescribed;
(d) the name and address or the names and addresses of one or more persons
resident in India authorised to accept on behalf of the company service of process and
any notices or other documents required to be served on the company;
(e) the full address of the office of the company in India which is deemed to be its
principal place of business in India;
(f) particulars of opening and closing of a place of business in India on earlier
occasion or occasions;
(g) declaration that none of the directors of the company or the authorised
representative in India has ever been convicted or debarred from formation of companies
and management in India or abroad; and
(h) any other information as may be prescribed.
(2) Every foreign company existing at the commencement of this Act shall, if it has not
delivered to the Registrar before such commencement, the documents and particulars specified
in sub-section (1) of section 592 of the Companies Act, 1956, continue to be subject to the
obligation to deliver those documents and particulars in accordance with that Act.
(3) Where any alteration is made or occurs in the documents delivered to the Registrar
under this section, the foreign company shall, within thirty days of such alteration, deliver to
the Registrar for registration, a return containing the particulars of the alteration in the
prescribed form.