209. No person to function as information utility without certificate of registration.—Save as
otherwise provided in this Code, no person shall carry on its business as information utility under this
Code without a certificate of registration issued in that behalf by the Board.
210. Registration of information utility.—(1) Every application for registration shall be made to the
Board in such form and manner, containing such particulars, and accompanied by such fee, as may be
specified by regulations:
Provided that every application received by the Board shall be acknowledged within seven days of its
receipt.
(2) On receipt of the application under sub-section (1), the Board may, on being satisfied that the
application conforms to all requirements specified under sub-section (1), grant a certificate of registration
to the applicant or else, reject, by order, such application.
(3) The Board may issue a certificate of registration to the applicant in such form and manner and
subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified.
(4) The Board may renew the certificate of registration from time to time in such manner and on
payment of such fee as may be specified by regulations.
(5) The Board may, by order, suspend or cancel the certificate of registration granted to an
information utility on any of the following grounds, namely:—
(a) that it has obtained registration by making a false statement or misrepresentation or any other
unlawful means;
(b) that it has failed to comply with the requirements of the regulations made by the Board;
(c) that it has contravened any of the provisions of the Act or the rules or the regulations made
thereunder;
(d) on any other ground as may be specified by regulations:
Provided that no order shall be made under this sub-section unless the information utility concerned
has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard:
Provided further that no such order shall be passed by any member except whole-time members of the
Board.
211. Appeal to National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.—Any information utility which is
aggrieved by the order of the Board made under section 210 may prefer an appeal to the National
Company Law Appellate Tribunal in such form, within such period, and in such manner, as may be
specified by regulations.
212. Governing Board of information utility.—The Board may, for ensuring that an information
utility takes into account the objectives sought to be achieved under this Code, require every information
utility to set up a governing board, with such number of independent members, as may be specified by
regulations.
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213. Core services, etc., of information utilities.—An information utility shall provide such services
as may be specified including core services to any person if such person complies with the terms and
conditions as may be specified by regulations.
214. Obligation of information utility.—For the purposes of providing core services to any person,
every information utility shall—
(a) create and store financial information in a universally accessible format;
(b) accept electronic submissions of financial information from persons who are under obligations
to submit financial information under sub-section (1) of section 215, in such form and manner as may
be specified by regulations;
(c) accept, in specified form and manner, electronic submissions of financial information from
persons who intend to submit such information;
(d) meet such minimum service quality standards as may be specified by regulations;
(e) get the information received from various persons authenticated by all concerned parties
before storing such information;
(f) provide access to the financial information stored by it to any person who intends to access
such information in such manner as may be specified by regulations;
(g) publish such statistical information as may be specified by regulations;
(h) have inter-operatability with other information utilities.
215. Procedure for submission, etc., of financial information.—(1) Any person who intends to
submit financial information to the information utility or access the information from the information
utility shall pay such fee and submit information in such form and manner as may be specified by
regulations.
(2) A financial creditor shall submit financial information and information relating to assets in
relation to which any security interest has been created, in such form and manner as may be specified by
regulations.
(3) An operational creditor may submit financial information to the information utility in such form
and manner as may be specified.
216. Rights and obligations of persons submitting financial information.—(1) A person who
intends to update or modify or rectify errors in the financial information submitted under section 215, he
may make an application to the information utility for such purpose stating reasons therefor, in such
manner and within such time, as may be specified.
(2) A person who submits financial information to an information utility shall not provide such
information to any other person, except to such extent, under such circumstances, and in such manner, as
may be specified.