Cos 131 — Voluntary revision of financial statements or Board’s report

Companies Act, 2013

Statutory text

(1) If it appears to the directors of a company that—
(a) the financial statement of the company; or (b) the report of the Board, do  not  comply  with  the  provisions  of  section  129  or  section  134  they  may  prepare  revised  financial statement or a revised report in respect of any of the three preceding financial years after obtaining approval of the Tribunal on an application made by the company in such form and manner as may be prescribed and a copy of the order passed by the Tribunal shall be filed with the Registrar:
Provided that the Tribunal shall give notice to the Central Government and the Income-tax authorities and  shall take into consideration the representations, if any, made by that Government or the authorities before passing any order under this section:
Provided further that such revised financial statement or report shall not be prepared or filed more than once in a financial year:
Provided also that the detailed reasons for revision of such financial statement or report shall also be disclosed in the Board’s report in the relevant financial year in which such revision is being made.

(2)  Where  copies  of  the  previous  financial  statement  or  report  have  been  sent  out  to  members  or delivered to the Registrar or laid before the company in general meeting, the revisions must be confined to—
(a) the correction in respect of which the previous financial statement or report do not comply with the provisions of section 129 or section 134; and (b) the making of any necessary consequential alternation.
(3)  The  Central  Government  may  make  rules  as  to  the  application  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  in relation to revised financial statement or a revised director's report and such rules may, in particular—
(a)  make  different  provisions  according  to  which  the  previous  financial  statement  or  report  are replaced or are supplemented by a document indicating the corrections to be made;
(b) make provisions with respect to the functions of the company's auditor in relation to the revised financial statement or report;
(c) require the directors to take such steps as may be prescribed.

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