REGISTRATION OF A PRODUCER COMPANY

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The Companies (Amendment) Act 2002 vides notification no. S.O. 135 (E) inserted part IX – A of the Companies Act, 1956 ( hereinafter referred to as “the Act” ) and introduced the concept of Producer Company[1]. In the year 2002 an expert committee led by noted economist Y.K Alagh framed legislation for incorporation of a producer company, and conversion of inter- state cooperative society into a producer company and its reconversion into cooperative society.

It aims at upliftment of rural producers for following reasons:

  • Rural producers have been at a potential disadvantage given their limited assets, resources, educational and access to advanced technology.
  • In Indian context the farmers disposes of his produce in unprocessed form there is no plough back of surpluses from value addition to the farm.
  • Agribusiness enterprises are therefore increasingly looking for direct tie up with the farmers to source the agricultural produce required by them.

Therefore companies (Amendment) act 2002 part IX-A is a step in this direction.

MEANING

“Producer” means any person engaged in any activity connected with or relatable to any primary producer such as-

1.     Produce of farmers of agriculture including animal husbandry, horticulture, floriculture, pisiculture, viticulture, forestry, forest products, revegetation, bee-raising and farming plantation products and produce from any other primary activity or service which promotes the interest of farmers or consumers.

2.    Produce of persons engaged in handloom, handicraft and other cottage industries.

3.    Any other product resulting from any of the above activities or any by- products thereof.

4.    Any product from an ancillary activity that would promote any of the above activities or any thing ancillary thereto.

5.    Any activity which is intended to increase the production of anything referred to in (1) to (4) above.

“Producer Company” means a body corporate having objects or activities as specified and registered as producer company under the act.

“Producer” institution means a producer company or any other institution having only producer or producers or Producer Company or producer companies as its members whether incorporated or not having objects referred to in section 581 B and which agrees to make use of services of the Producer Company or producer companies as provided in its articles.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION

The entry 44 of list 1 (union list) of seventh schedule of the Constitution of India carries legislation for incorporation, regulation of corporations.

OBJECTS OF PRODUCER COMPANY

A producer company means a body corporate, having objects specified in section 581 B and registered as a Producer Company.

The object of a producer company shall relate to all are any of the following namely:

1.     1. Production , harvesting , procurement, grading , pooling ,handling marketing, selling, export of primary produce of members or import of goods or services for their benefit:                         

Provided that the producer company may carry on any of the activities specified in this clause either by itself or through other institution;

1.     Processing including preserving drying, distilling , brewing , venting canning and packing of produce of farmers;

2.    Manufacture, sale or supply of machinery, equipment or consumables mainly to its members;

3.    providing education on mutual assistance principles to its members and others;

4.    rendering technical services , consultancy services , training , research and development and all other activities for the promotion of interests of its members;

5.    generation , transmission and distribution of power , revitalisation of land and water resources their use , conversion and communications relatable to primary produce;

6.    insurance of producers on their primary producer;

7.    promoting techniques of mutuality and mutual assistance ;

8.    welfare measures or facilities for the benefit of members as may be decided by the board;

10.  Any other activity, ancillary or incidental to any of the activity referred to in clauses (a) to (i) which include extending of credit facilities or any other financial services to its members.[2]

Producer Company shall deal primarily with the producer of its active member.

Under Clause (a) sec 581A – An Active Member means a person who fulfils the quantum and period of patronage of company as specified by the article of Producer Company.

FORMATION

Also, the Act deals with number of members required for incorporation of a  producer company after complying with the requirements and provisions of the act in respect of registration. [3]Any ten or more individuals, each of them being a producer or two or more producer institution or a combination of ten or more individual producer institution can form a producer company provided that if a person ceases to be a primary producer, the board of director is entitled to ask him to surrender his shares.

NOMENCLATURE

The Guidelines issued by the Ministry Of Company Affairs regarding selection of names for proposed company:-

SECTION 20

CONFIRMATION OF NAME FROM THE REGISTRAR

An application in form-1 –A of companies (central government’s) general rules and forms 1956 shall be made to the registrar of companies in the state where the registered office of the proposed company will be situated. A fee of Rs. 500 will be also sent .the applicant shall give four alternative names. The name of the promoters should also be the subscribers to the memorandum. The last words of the company should be “……………..producer company limited”[4].

The registrar’s confirmation of availability of name will be valid for six months and if a company with that name is not registered within six months, a fresh application will have to be made to the registrar with fees of Rs. 500

REGISTRATION COMPLIANCES

Within six months of confirmation from the registrar regarding availability of name, the promoters of a producer company shall produce to the registrar of the state in which the registered office will be located the following:

1.     Memorandum of association duly signed by the subscribers and witnessed (2 copies).

2.    Articles of association duly signed and witnessed as above (2 copies).

3.    declaration in form No. by an advocate of the supreme court or high court, an attorney or pleader entitled to appear before high court, or a secretary or a chartered accountant, in whole –time practice in India, who’s is engaged in the formation of company or by a person named in the memorandum as director of the company, to the effect that all the requirements of the act and the rules there under have been complied with in respect of registration and matters precedent and incidental thereto.

4.    List of persons named in the MOA as first directors and their consents in form -29 to act as directors.

5.    form -32 in duplicate giving particulars of the said persons named as directors

6.    form -18 in respect of situation of registered office

7.    power of attorney on NJ stamp paper , if any , executed by any subscriber authorising a person to sign the MOA and AOA on his behalf or executed by a producer institution as subscriber

8.    Power of attorney on NJ stamp paper signed by all subscribers authorising one of the subscribers or other person authorising him to make corrections on any of the document as may be required by the registered.

9.    Evidence as to deposit of fees for incorporation of the company on the basis of the authorised capital as given in schedule X to the act.

The formalities for registration are identical for all companies as per Section 581 C (1) that for registration of a producer company under part IX –A, the provisions of the act in respect of registration have to be complied with.

Where any subscriber is illiterate?

Where any subscriber is an illiterate person, he can give his thumb impression or mark on the column for signature in Memorandum of Association, Article of Association and his name, address description and occupation and number of shares agreed to be taken by him shall be written by another person writing for him above the mark.

GRANT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The ROC if satisfied that all formalities relating to registration are duly compiled with, shall register one MOA, AOA and other necessary documents and issue a certificate of incorporation within 30 days of receipt of document for registration.

On registration, the producer company shall be deemed to be a private limited company limited by share without any limit on the number of member and its share capital is to be dividing only into equity shares.[5]

OPTION TO INTER-STATE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO CONVERT INTO PRODUCER COMPANIES

MEANING:

An Inter-State Cooperative Society means a Multi-State State Cooperative Society as defined in section 3(p) of Multi-State cooperatives Act, 2002 and includes any Cooperative Society registered under any law in force and which has after its formation, extended any of its objects to more than on state.

The Inter-State Cooperative Society whose objects not confined to one state can opt for conversion into a producer company.[6]

PROCEDURE:

For registration as a Producer Company an application is required to be submitted along with the prescribed document to the registrar for registration as Producer Company.

  • Following enclosures and documents are required to be submitted with along

the application:

  • A copy of the special resolution passed with2/3 majority of the member.
  • A statement showing the of names, addresses and occupation of the Directors and the Chief Executive.
  • A list of the members.
  • A statement indicating that the Inter-State Cooperative Society is any one or more of the objects specified in section 581B.
  • A declaration by two or more Directors certifying that the particulars given as per para (1) to (4) above are correct.

The Registrar on being satisfied that all the required document relating to registration have been duly complied with shall within 30 days of receipt of the application Issue a Certificate of Incorporation.And the word ‘Producer Company Limited ‘shall form part of its name to explain its identity.[7]

PROVISIONS:

The Inter-State Cooperative Society shall, upon registration stand transformed into a producer company, and shall be governed by the provision of Part IX A of the Companies Act, 1956.

All its properties, assets, liabilities, debts etc. shall vest in Producer Company with effect from the Registration date.

All legal proceeding may be continued against the Producer Company.

RECONVERSION OF PRODUCER COMPANY INTO INTER-STATE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY:

A Producer Company may be reconverted into Inter-State Co-operative Society  after obtaining approval of its members in general meeting by Two-third majority or on request by its creditors representing three-fourth of its value of creditors, may make an application to High Court for its reconversion into ‘Inter-State Co-operative Society’.

DISCRETION OF HIGH COURT:

The High Court, may after having been satisfied, sanction the reconversion which shall be Binding on all members and all creditors and also on the company.

A certified copy of  the order shall be filed with the registrar.

The Producer Company which has been sanctioned reconversion, shall now make application for registration as Inter-State Co-operative Society under the Multi-State Co-operatives Act, 2002.

CONCLUSION (Section 581K, 581L and 581M)

Where an inter state co-operative society transforms into a producer company, every shareholder of the erstwhile society shall deemed to have become shareholder of the producer company from the date of registration. The directors, officers and employees will be governed by provisions of section 581 N and the capital of the erstwhile society shall form part of the capital of the producer company. All the existing arrangements, legal proceedings and all the fiscal and other concessions against the co-operative society shall be deemed to have been granted to the producer company.

[1] Enforceable with effect from February 6th, 2003

[2] Section 581 B

[3] Section 581 C

[4] Section 581 F

[5] Section 581 C (2)

[6] Section 581J

[7] https://www.asaindia.org/PDFs/MPC_II.pdf

41 COMMENTS

  1. we want to open a film companany,how to register film production company in state ,National and Inernational.

  2. we want to open a company, whose take deposit as dds, rd & fd and provide money as a loan of small manufacterr & traders. what can i do it in producer company .

  3. WE WANT TO MADE A COMAPNY WHOSE BUSINESS OF ACCEPT DEPOSIT WITH DDS,RD & FD.AND PROVIDE MONEY AS LOAN WHOSE PRODUCE SMALL PROJECT. AS :- AGARBATI UDHYOG, MOMBATTI UDHYOG, TRAINING COMPUTER & COACHING CENTER. PLEASE TELL ME THAT WHOSE TYPE COMPANY OPEN ME

  4. I am facing a problem while incorporating a producer company. While filing e form for name approval there were 5 directors and 10 promoters (including those 5 directors) but now while incorporation one of the promoter who wasn’t a director is becoming a director and one of the director is becoming a promoter.. while uploading inc-7 the error is that noc is to be attached due to change in promoter..but as there is no change its just one who was a director becoming a promoter and one who was a promoter becoming a director. Still I attached a noc but again the same error is being shown. Please reply

  5. Whether a (Public Limited) producer company can allot (equity) shares to more than 50 person at a time? or can make offer to more than 200 people at a time? (I am of the opinion that it is not possible under the Companies Act, 2013; however, to my wonder, many CAs are doing without hitch)

  6. dear sir we are working in gajapati orissa with support from NABARD for wadi project in tribal area.we have already completed 1000 wadis so we need to start producer group in our area.so please guide us for registration and other requirements.
    yours
    s.motilalreddy
    secretary
    suraksha
    gajapati
    orissa.

  7. respected sir,i wants to incorporate farmer producer company in uttar pradesh .please let me the role/rights/duties/responsibilities of M.D. and CEO IN PROPOSED COMPANY.thanks in anticipation for reply. yours ABHAY TRIPATHI

  8. I want to incoporate a a producer company can i incorporate with 5 directors having authorized capital 500000 and after incorporation can i issue shares to other 2000 farmers

  9. I have try to open a current a/c, but banker required certificate of commencement for opening a bank a/c. I discussed with my CA and he said me Certificate of Commencement not given in producer co in registration process.

    • Sir,

      I comprehend that you have incorporated a Private Producer Company and not the Public Producer Company. Kindly note that certificate of commencement of business is not provided for private companies. It is only for public companies. Hence, just produce certificate of incorporation to your Banker. For private companies, certificate of incorporation serves the purpose of certificate of commencement of business and they are not required to obtain certificate for commencement of business separately.

  10. SIR,
    We want to form a Multipurpose Multistate Cooperative Society. There is provision of making two types of members Nominal Member and Associate members and the area of operation is limited to India only as per MSCS Act 2002. But if we want to work on international levels as along with domestic processing units we will launch our some of projects that work on international level and someone may buy or sale some of our online products or services. In such case if we want to make third type of member say INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS then can we make someone INTERNATIONAL MEMBER who as per law pay the fees and all the formalities? The vision behind is to raise funds for increasing domestic manufacturing and export them in demanding market where we should have firm base of our INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS and they will float our products and services in their countries. Please suggest.

  11. formation of bamboo producer company for bamboo growers, bamboo artesian, bamboo based goods manufacturing and trading of its various products. state of mp wants to create such company with major share capital of state along with the bamboo growers ,bamboo artesians and bamboo goods manufacturers. what inititive are needed.

    • If State of MP wants to make it then it will have to be a Government Producer Company.
      Government Company is a company in which Central Government or State Government holds atleast 51% of share capital of the company.

      So, in such company bamboo grower, bamboo artesians and bamboo goods manufacturers will be considered as producers which is essential for formation of Producer Company U/s 581(B).

      They can make such company by making all requirements like Production , harvesting , procurement, grading , pooling ,handling marketing, selling of Bamboo’s as there objectives in the “Object Clause” of the Memorandum of Association and forming such Producer Company by following section 581 of Companies Act, 1956 and referring to the article on Producer Company.

      Hope this opinion will serve your purpose and please let me know, if i will be of any other help

  12. I have registered a Producer Company at Utter Pradesh. I know about what is process for run of Producer Company. Please take me some suggestion.
    Thank you

    • Sir i want to process of conversion COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TO CONVERT INTO PRODUCER COMPANIES and what is processes.

    • Any ten or more individuals, each of them being a producer or two or more producer institution or a combination of ten or more individual producer institution can form a producer company.

      Producer and producer institution shall mean as specified in the article.

      They may register Producer Company with having objects as specified in section 581 B as mentioned in the article.

      An application in form-1 –A of companies (central government’s) general rules and forms 1956 shall be made to the registrar of companies in the state where the registered office of the proposed company will be situated. A fee of Rs. 500 will be also sent .the applicant shall give four alternative names. The name of the promoters should also be the subscribers to the memorandum. The last words of the company should be “……………..producer company limited”.

      Within six months of confirmation from the registrar regarding availability of name, the promoters of a producer company shall produce to the registrar of the state in which the registered office will be located the following:

      1. Memorandum of association duly signed by the subscribers and witnessed (2 copies).

      2. Articles of association duly signed and witnessed as above (2 copies).

      3. declaration in form No. by an advocate of the supreme court or high court, an attorney or pleader entitled to appear before high court, or a secretary or a chartered accountant, in whole –time practice in India, who’s is engaged in the formation of company or by a person named in the memorandum as director of the company, to the effect that all the requirements of the act and the rules there under have been complied with in respect of registration and matters precedent and incidental thereto.

      4. List of persons named in the MOA as first directors and their consents in form -29 to act as directors.

      5. form -32 in duplicate giving particulars of the said persons named as directors

      6. form -18 in respect of situation of registered office

      7. power of attorney on NJ stamp paper , if any , executed by any subscriber authorising a person to sign the MOA and AOA on his behalf or executed by a producer institution as subscriber

      8. Power of attorney on NJ stamp paper signed by all subscribers authorising one of the subscribers or other person authorising him to make corrections on any of the document as may be required by the registered.

      9. Evidence as to deposit of fees for incorporation of the company on the basis of the authorised capital as given in schedule X to the act.

      The ROC if satisfied that all formalities relating to registration are duly compiled with, shall register one MOA, AOA and other necessary documents and issue a certificate of incorporation within 30 days of receipt of document for registration.

  13. Respected sir.
    I am from himmatnagar,gujarat.and agril.graduate.i am interested to form farmer producer company,i want to know that what is the actual role/position of MD&CEO and how they are elected/selected in the system.please guide.

    Thank you.

    • Registered Producer Company shall be deemed to be a Private Company and all provisions relating to private company under companies act, 1956 shall be applicable to producer company.

      MD is Managing Director of the company. He controls whole affairs of the company under supervision and directions of Board of Directors of the company. MD must be director of the company and he is appointed by Board of Directors as MD of the company.

      CEO is not required to be director of the company. He is the top executive of the company.

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