law: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 
  8. Memorandum of
  
  micro, small and medium enterprises.-
  1.     
  
    Any
  
  person who intends to establish,
  a.      a micro or small
  
  enterprise, may, at his discretion, or
  b.     a medium enterprise
  
  engaged in providing or rendering of services may, at his discretion; or
  c.      a medium enterprise
  
  engaged in the manufacture or production of goods pertaining to any industry
  
  specified in the First Schedule to the Industries (Development and Regulation)
  
  Act, 1951,shall file the memorandum of mico, small or, as the case may be, of medium
  
  enterprise with such authority as may be specified by the State Government
  
  under sub-section (4) or the Central Government under sub-section (3):Provided
  
  that any person who, before the commencement of this Act, established
                       
  
   i.        
  
    a
  
  small scale industry and obtained a registration certificate, may, at his
  
  discretion; and
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    an
  
  industry engaged in the manufacture or production of goods pertaining to any
  
  industry specified in the First Schedule to the Industries (Development and
  
  Regulation) Act, 1951, having investment in plant and machinery of more than
  
  one crore rupees but not exceeding ten crore rupees and, in pursuance of the
  
  notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Industry
  
  (Department of Industrial Development) number S.O. 477(E) dated the 25th July,
  
  1991 filed an Industrial Entrepreneur's Memorandum shall within one hundred and
  
  eighty days from the commencement of this Act, file the memorandum, in
  
  accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    The
  
  form of the memorandum, the procedure of its filing and other matters
  
  incidental thereto shall be such as may be notified by the Central Government
  
  after obtaining the recommendations of the Advisory Committee in this behalf.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  authority with which the memorandum shall be filed by a medium enterprise shall
  
  be such as may be specified by notification, by the Central Government.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  State Government shall, by notification, specify the authority with which a
  
  micro or small enterprise may file the memorandum.
  5.     
  
  
  
    The
  
  authorities specified under sub-sections (3) and (4) shall follow, for the
  
  purposes of this section, the procedure notified by the Central Government
  
  under sub-section (2).