Acceptance of Public DepositsCritical Aspects

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC DEPOSITS AS PER COMPANIES ACT 2013

Chapter V: Acceptance of Deposits by Companies

Section 2(31): Definition of Deposits.

Section 73: Prohibition on acceptance of Deposits from Public

Section 74: Repayment of Deposits, etc. accepted before commencement

of this Act

Section 75: Damages for Fraud

Section 76: Acceptance of deposits from Public by certain Companies

Section 76A: Punishment for contravention of section 73 or section 76

•The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014

Deposits – As per Section 2(31) of the Companies Act, 2013

“Deposit” includes any receipt of money by way of deposit or loan or in

any other form by a Company, but does not include such categories of amount

as may be prescribed in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India.

Amounts exempted from Deposits

• Any share application money accepted under this Act shall be treated as Deposit if

allotment is not made within 60 days.

• Customers Advances if not appropriated within 365 days shall be deposit.

• Convertible Bond or debentures with conversion period of more than 10 years are

deemed deposit.

• Any amount received by a company from any other company shall not be treated as

Deposits.

• Any amount received from the Government/ Authority shall not be treated as

Deposits.

• Any amount received from a person who, at the time of the receipt of the amount,

was a director of the company or a relative of the director of the private company

shall not be treated as Deposit.

• Any amount received from an employee of the company exceeding his annual salary

with the company shall be treated as Deposit.

• An amount of Rs. 25 lacs or more received by a start-up company by way of a

convertible note (convertible into equity shares or repayable within a period not

exceeding five years from the date of issue) in a single tranche, from a person shall

not be treated as Deposit.

• Any amount received as a loan from any Banking Company/ S.B.I/ P.F.I/ Insurance

Companies/ Schedule Banks shall not be treated as Deposits.

Amounts exempted from Deposits

From whom Deposits can be accepted??

Eligible Company Non-Eligible Public Company Private Company

From any memberFrom Public

* Eligible Companies are Public Companies having net worth of at least INR 100 crore or turnover of at least INR 500 crore and are allowed to raise deposits from the persons other than its members

Limit on Acceptance of Deposits

COMPANIES

DEPOSITS

Deposits From Public From Members

By Eligible Companies 25% of paid-up capital, free reserves and securities premium account.

10% of paid-up capital, free reserves and securities premium account

By Public Company (Non-eligible Company)

- 35% of paid-up capital, free reserves and securities premium account

By Private Company - 100% of paid-up capital, free reserves and securities premium account

By Government Company 35% of paid-up capital, free reserves and securities premium account

Period for Accepting Deposits

* A company may, for the purpose of meeting its short term requirement, accept the deposits for repayment earlier than 6 months, but not earlier than 3 months & such deposits shall not exceed 10 % of paid-up share capital, free reserves & security premium account.

No Company shall accept any deposit which is repayable within a period of :-

Less than 6months

More than 36 monthsOR

Non-Applicability of Public Deposits Rules on certain Companies

RESOLUTIONS REQUIRED

Important Compliances

Issuance of Circular to all its members by registered post or

speed post or by electronic mode in Form DPT-1

Filing a copy of the Circular with ROC within 30 days before the

date of issuance of the Circular.

Not applicable on private company

Deposit Repayment Reserve Account

As per Section 73 (2) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 13 of the

Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014, a deposit of not less than 15% of

the amount of its deposits maturing during the Financial Year and the next

following financial year is required to be maintained with scheduled commercial

bank in a separate bank account to be called as Deposit Repayment

Reserve Account on or before the 30th day of April of each year.

For Example: If the Company came out with the Deposit Issue of Rs. 50 Crores wherein

Deposits amounting to Rs. 12 Crores are to be redeemed during the current financial

year and Rs. 20 Crores are proposed to be redeemed in the next financial year, then the

Company is required to deposit Rs. 4.80 Crores

(15% of 32 Crores)

Note- this provision is not applicable on private company

Important Filing

Every eligible company shall

* Furnishing of Return with ROC in Form DPT-3 on or before 30th June of every year for the period ended 31st March as per the information duly audited by the Auditor.

obtain, at least once in a year, credit rating for deposits accepted by it and a copy of the rating shall be sent to the

Registrar of Companies along with the return of deposits in Form DPT-3.

Penal Provisions

•Penal Rate of Interest: 18% per annum for the overdue period in case of deposits,

whether secured or unsecured, matured and claimed but remaining unpaid.

•Punishment for Contravention: Company & every officer of the Company who is in

default shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 5000 and where the

contravention is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to Rs. 500 for

every day after the first day during which the contravention continues.

05/01/23

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Pavan Kumar Vijay

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