MCA’s Clarification on filing of e Form DIR – 3 KYC, annually, by all Directors holding DIN
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has on 13th April, 2019, given the clarification with regards to filling of e-Form DIR – 3 KYC by all Directors holding DIN that all DIN holders are required to file the DIR-3 KYC form every year, so that they are aware of and confirm the data & information as available in the MCA21 system.
With the objective of making the form more user friendly, the form is presently being modified to enable pre-filling of data & information so that annual filings can be done by DIN holders in a simple and user friendly manner. The revised form, which will be shortly deployed, can be filed without any fee within a period of 30 days from the date of deployment.
Hence, now all DIN holders have to complete their KYC, annually by filling e-form DIR 3 KYC every year before 30th April of immediate next financial year.
However, as the form is presently being modified to enable pre-filling of data & information, the time limit for filling e-form DIR 3 KYC for FY 2018-19 has been extended and it can be filed without any fee within a period of 30 days from the date of deployment of the Form on the MCA website. Once the form is deployed on the MCA website, it will be notified to all stakeholders.
As per rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014,
“every individual who has been allotted a Director Identification Number (DIN) as on 31st March of a financial year as per these rules shall, submit e-form DIR-3-KYC to the Central Government on or before 30th April of immediate next financial year. Provided that every individual who has already been allotted a Director Identification Number (DIN) as at 31st March, 2018, shall submit e-form DIR-3 KYC on or before 5th October,2018.”
However, the DIR-3 KYC e-form presently available on the portal does not cater for the following:
(i) Filing on annual basis, and
(ii) Filing in respect of DINs allotted post 31 March 2018.
It presently caters only to those individuals who were allotted DINs as on 31st March 2018 and whose DINs have been marked as ‘Deactivated due to non-filing of DIR-3 KYC’.
Stakeholders may please note that DIN holders are required to file the DIR-3 KYC form every year, so that they are aware of and confirm the data & information as available in the MCA21 system.
With the objective of making the form more user friendly, the form is presently being modified to enable pre-filling of data & information so that annual filings can be done by DIN holders in a simple and user friendly manner.
The revised form, which will be shortly deployed, can be filed without any fee within a period of 30 days from the date of deployment.
Accordingly, DIN holders who had filed DIR-3 KYC form earlier and complied with the said provisions may kindly await the deployment of the modified form for fulfilling their compliance requirements.
