ROC deadlines look soft until you meet the consequences ladder. Here is how defaults escalate — and why early correction is always the cheap option.
Rung one: additional fees
Late filings attract per-day additional fees as prescribed — for the key annual forms, without an upper cap. The meter runs silently from the day after the deadline.
Rung two: penalties and adjudication
Continued default moves from fees to penalty proceedings against the company and officers under the relevant sections — separate amounts for the entity and each responsible person.
Rung three: director consequences
Sustained non-filing of annual documents across consecutive years can disqualify directors from holding directorships — a consequence that follows individuals to their other companies.
Rung four: strike-off
The registrar can strike a persistently non-compliant company off the register; assets and banking freeze, and restoration is a tribunal process with real cost.
Climbing back down
Every rung has a remedy — filing with fees, adjudication replies, condonation where available, restoration petitions. Each is cheaper than the next rung.
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