ModuleMD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited
- CitationRBI Compounding Order CA No. HYD 360
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The Reserve Bank of India, in compounding proceedings under Section 15(1) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, may compound admitted contraventions of the reporting requirements in paragraphs 9(1)(A) and 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB (delay in reporting receipt of consideration for issue of shares to a non-resident, and delay in filing Form FC-GPR after issue of shares to a person resident outside India) on payment of a sum fixed by the Compounding Authority in its discretion, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, notwithstanding that Section 13 would permit a penalty of up to three times the sum involved upon adjudication. Where the applicant admits the contraventions and the declarations in the compounding application are found true, the compounding order operates without prejudice to any other action under the extant laws should those declarations subsequently prove false or incorrect.
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Judgment
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In the RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Foreign Exchange Department Secretariat Road Saifabad, Hyderabad 500 004 Present C Nageswara Rao Deputy General Manager Date: December 28, 2018 C.A. HYD 360 In the matter of M/s. Module MD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited Q4- A2, 10th Floor, Cyber Towers Hitech City, Madhapur Hyderabad- 500081 (Applicant) In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 15 (1) of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Regulations/ Rules/ Notifications/ Orders made there under, I pass the following Order The applicant has filed the compounding application dated November 26, 2018 received on November 28, 2018 for compounding of contraventions of the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (the FEMA) and the regulations issued thereunder. The contraventions sought to be compounded are (i) delay in reporting receipt of foreign inward remittances and (ii) delay in submission of Form FC-GPR to Reserve Bank of India in terms of Paragraph 9(1)(A) and Paragraph 9(1)(B) respectively of Schedule 1 to Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified
Compounding of contraventions under FEMA 1999 M/s Module MD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited CA No. HYD 360 vide Notification No. FEMA.20/2000-RB dated May 03, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB) as then applicable. 2. The relevant facts of the case are as follows: a) The applicant is a resident company incorporated as “M/s Lahari Tech Solutions Private Limited” Company under the Companies Act, 1956 on 12.06.2007 (CIN: U72200TG2007PTC054395). The name of the company has been changed from M/s Lahari Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd to M/s Module MD Healthcare Solutions Pvt Ltd on 13.07.2009. The company is engaged in the business of Data Processing activities including report writing. b) The applicant had received foreign inward remittance from single foreign investor towards allotment of equity shares as indicated below.
Sl Name of the Total Amount Date of Date of No Remitter (INR) Receipt Reporting
1 Module MD LLC 10,98,462 13.10.2016 18.04.2017 Total 10,98,462
The applicant received the foreign inward remittance of ₹ 10,98,462/- as indicated above and it was reported to Reserve Bank of India with a delay of 5 months 6 days approximately beyond the prescribed period of 30 days. Whereas in terms of Paragraph 9(1)(A) of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000- RB, an Indian company issuing shares or convertible debentures in accordance with these Regulations should report to the Reserve Bank of India as per the prescribed procedure not later than 30 days from the date of receipt of the amount of consideration. c) The company allotted shares and filed form FC-GPR as indicated below:
Compounding of contraventions under FEMA 1999 M/s Module MD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited CA No. HYD 360 Sl Name of Date of Number of Amount for Date of No. the allotment of shares which shares reporting Investor shares allotted allotted (INR) 1 Module MD 06.12.2016 23,333 10,96,651 18.01.2018 LLC Total 23,333 10,96,651
The applicant filed form FCGPR for issue of shares amounting to ₹ 10,96,651/- as indicated above and the same was reported with delay of 1 year 13 days approximately beyond the stipulated period of 30 days. Whereas in terms of Paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to Notification no. FEMA 20/2000-RB, an Indian company issuing shares in accordance with these Regulations has to submit to Reserve Bank of India a report in form FCGPR along with documents prescribed therein within 30 days from the date of issue of shares to person resident outside India. 3. (a) The applicant was given an opportunity for personal hearing vide Reserve Bank’s letter No. HY.FE.FID/1264/14.66.003/2018-19 dated December 26, 2018 for further submission in person and/or producing documents, if any, in support of the application. (b) The applicant appeared for personal hearing on December 28, 2018 during which Mr. T Venkateswar Rao, Account Officer represented the applicant. The authorized representative of the company admitted the contraventions for which the compounding has been sought. During the personal hearing it was submitted that the delay was not wilful or with a malafide intention. In view of the foregoing, the representative of the applicant requested to take a lenient view in disposal of the application. The application for compounding is, therefore, being considered on the basis of the averments made in the application as well the submissions made in this context by the applicant during the personal hearing.
Compounding of contraventions under FEMA 1999 M/s Module MD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited CA No. HYD 360 4. I have given my careful consideration to the documents on record. Accordingly, I hold that the applicant has contravened the following FEMA provisions issued in terms of:- (a) Paragraph 9(1)(A) of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB for delay in reporting the receipt of consideration towards issue of shares amounting to ₹ 10,98,462/- with the delay of 5 months 06 days approximately. (b) Paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to Notification No. 20/2000-RB for delay in submission of Form FC-GPR to Reserve Bank of India after issue of shares to persons resident outside India and the contravention relates to an amount of ₹ 10,96,651/- with the delay of 1 year 13 days approximately. 5. It has been declared in the compounding application dated November 26, 2018 that the particulars given by the applicant in the application are true and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. It has been declared in the declaration dated November 26, 2018 furnished with the compounding application that the applicant was not under any enquiry/investigation/adjudication by any agency as on the date of the application and has, in this regard, not informed of initiation of any such enquiry/investigation/ adjudication proceedings against it thereafter. Accordingly, the above contraventions which are being compounded in this Order are subject to the veracity of the above declarations made by the applicant and this order is without prejudice to any other action which may be taken by any authority under the extant laws if the said declarations are subsequently discovered to be false and/or incorrect. 6. In terms of Section 13 of the FEMA, any person contravening any provision of the Act shall be liable to a penalty up to thrice the sum involved in such contravention upon adjudication. However, taking into account the relevant facts and circumstances of the case as stated in the foregoing paragraphs, I am persuaded to take a lenient view on the amount for which the contravention is to be compounded
Compounding of contraventions under FEMA 1999 M/s Module MD Healthcare Solutions Private Limited CA No. HYD 360 and I consider that an amount of ₹ 23,950/- (Rupees Twenty Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Only) will meet the ends of justice. 7. Accordingly, I compound the admitted contraventions, namely, the contraventions of Paragraph 9(1)(A) and Paragraph 9(1)(B) of Schedule 1 to Notification No. FEMA- 20/2000-RB by the applicant on the facts discussed above in terms of the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 on payment of an amount of ₹ 23,950/- (Rupees Twenty Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Only) which shall be deposited by the applicant with the Reserve Bank of India, Foreign Exchange Department, 1st Floor, Saifabad, Hyderabad - 500004 by a demand draft drawn in favour of the "Reserve Bank of India" and payable at Hyderabad within a period of 15 days from the date of this order. In case of failure to deposit the compounded amount within the above mentioned period, Rule 10 of the Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 shall apply.
The application is disposed accordingly. Dated this 28th day of December 2018
Sd/- (C Nageswara Rao) Deputy General Manager
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