law: Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
  7.
  
  Insertion of new section 17A.-
  After
  
  section 17 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted
  
  namely:-
  "17A.
  
  Change of registered office within a State.-
  1.   No company shall
  
  change the place of its registered office from one place to another within a
  
  State unless such change is confirmed by the Regional Director.
  2.   The company shall
  
  make an application in the prescribed form to the Regional Director for
  
  confirmation under sub-section (1).
  3.   The confirmation
  
  referred to in sub-section (1) shall be communicated to the company within four
  
  weeks from the date of receipt of application for such change.
  Explanation.-For
  
  the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of this
  
  section shall apply only to the companies which change the registered office
  
  from the jurisdiction of one Registrar of Companies to the jurisdiction of
  
  another Registrar of Companies within the same State.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4.   The company shall
  
  file, with the Registrar a certified copy of the confirmation by the Regional
  
  Director for change of its registered office under this section, within two
  
  months from the date of confirmation, together with a printed copy of the memo
  
  andum as altered and the Registrar shall register the same and certify the
  
  registration under his hand within one month from the date of filing of such
  
  document.
  5.   The certificate shall
  
  be conclusive evidence that all the requirements of this Act with respect to the
  
  alteration and confirmation have been complied with and henceforth the
  
  memorandum as altered shall be the memorandum of the company.".