Powers of Central Government or Tribunal to accord approval, etc., subject to conditions and to prescribe fees on applications (Section 459 of the Companies Act, 2013) :

Section 459 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides for Powers of Central Government or Tribunal to accord approval, etc., subject to conditions and to prescribe fees on applications. According to this section:

(i) Where the Central Government or the Tribunal is required or authorised by any provision of this Act—

(a) to accord approval, sanction, consent, confirmation or recognition to, or in relation to, any matter; or

(b) to give any direction in relation to any matter; or

(c) to grant any exemption in relation to any matter, then, the Central Government or the Tribunal may in the absence of anything to the contrary contained in that provision or any other provision of this Act, accord, give or grant such approval, sanction, consent, confirmation, recognition, direction or exemption, subject to such conditions, limitations or restrictions as it may think fit to impose and may, in the case of a contravention of any such condition, limitation or restriction, rescind or withdraw such approval, sanction, consent, confirmation, recognition, direction or exemption.

(ii) Every application which may be, or is required to be, made to the Central Government or the Tribunal under any provision of this Act—

(a) in respect of any approval, sanction, consent, confirmation or recognition to be accorded by that Government or the Tribunal to, or in relation to, any matter; or

(b) in respect of any direction or exemption to be given or granted by that Government or the Tribunal in relation to any matter; or

(c) in respect of any other matter, shall be accompanied by the prescribed fees which have been specified in the Rule 9 of the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 .

(iii) Different fees may be prescribed in Rule 12 of the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 for applications in respect of different matters or in case of applications by different classes of companies.