Rule 9 Reservation of name
- Text as on
- 14 August 2026
9. Reservation of name or change of name.- An application for reservation of name shall be made through the web service available at www.mca.gov.in by using web service SPICe+ (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically Plus: INC-32), and for change of name by using web service RUN (Reserve Unique Name) along with fee as provided in the Companies (Registration Offices and FeesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014) Rules, 2014, which may either be approved or rejected, as the case may be, by the Registrar, Central Registration Centre after allowing re-submission of such web formDefined in rule 2(c): Form or e Form means a form in the electronic form or non electronic form as specified under the Act or Rules made there under and notified by the Central Government under the Act within fifteen days for rectification of the defects, if any, with effect from the 23rd February, 2020.
9A. Extension of reservation of name in certain cases Upon payment of feesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014 provided below through the web service available at www.mca.gov.in, the Registrar shall extend the period of a name reserved under rule 9 by using web service SPICe+ (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically Plus: INC-32), upto:
(a) forty days from the date of approval under rule 9, on payment of feesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014 of rupees of one thousand rupees made before the expiry of twenty days from the date of approval under rule 9;
(b) sixty days from the date of approval under rule 9 on payment of feesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014 of rupees two thousand made before the expiry of forty days referred to in clause (a) above;
(c) sixty days from the date of approval under rule 9 on payment of feesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014 of rupees three thousand made before the expiry of twenty days from the date of approval under rule 9:
Provided that the Registrar shall have the power to cancel the reserved name in accordance with sub-section (5) of the ActDefined in rule 2(a): Act means the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013).
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An application for reservation of name shall be made through the web service available at www.mca.gov.in by using RUN (Reserve Unique Name) along with fee as provided in the Companies (Registration offices and feesDefined in rule 2(d): Fees means fees as specified in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014) Rules, 2014, which may either be approved or rejected, as the case may be, by the Registrar, Central Registration Centre after allowing re-submission of such application within fifteen days for rectification of the defects, if any.