Saturday 21 October 2017

MCA issues Notification for commencement of Section 247 of the Companies Act, 2013 relating to Valuation by Registered Valuers




[To be published  in the Gazette of India, Extra-ordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub­

section (ii)]


MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS Notification


New Delhi, the 18th  October, 2017



S.O.               (E).-Inexercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section

1of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby appoints the 18th October, 2017 as the date on which the provisions of section 247 of the said Act shall come into force.


[F. No. 1/27/2013-CL-V]

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(Amardeep Singh Bhatia)
Joint Secretary to the  Government of India





The Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017, finalized after public consultation and detailed deliberations with stakeholders, have also been issued simultaneously. 

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued Notification for commencement of Section 247 of the Companies Act, 2013 [Valuation by Registered Valuers] with effect from 18th October, 2017. The Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017 (Rules), which have been finalized after public consultation and detailed deliberations with stakeholders have also been issued simultaneously.

The Rules provide for registration of different category of valuers and lay down the requirements on their eligibility, qualifications and experience. The Registered Valuers are also required to be members of the Registered Valuers Organisations (RVOs), recognised by the authority under the Rules.  The eligibility norms for RVOs to be recognised have also been provided in the Rules which, inter alia, include for an internal governance structure which should provide for enforcement of a code of conduct on the registered valuers, training and conduct of educational courses for the valuation of specific asset classes for which the RVO concerned is recognised.


The Rules, inter alia, provide for Registration of Valuers for conduct of valuation under the Companies Act, 2013. The valuers, who may be individuals or partnership entities or companies, would be required to be registered with the authority specified by the Central Government. 


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