CHG-9 (creation or modification of a charge for debentures)
The particulars a company files with the Registrar after it creates or modifies a charge securing debentures.
Creation or modification of a debenture charge
Counted from creation or modification of a charge securing debentures
- MCA
- MCA event filings
- CHG-9
- 2026-09-01
CHG-9 is due within 30 days of the creation or modification of the charge, on the same statutory clock as CHG-1. It is a separate form rather than a variant: rule 3(1) of the Charges Rules names CHG-1 for charges other than debentures and CHG-9 for debentures, so a debenture issue files CHG-9 and not CHG-1.
Deadlines counted from an event
Within 30 days of the creation or modification, under section 77(1) read with section 71 and rule 3(1) of the Charges Rules. The same extension ladder as CHG-1 applies: up to 60 days on additional fee, then a further 60 days on ad valorem fee, both on application to the Registrar.
The rule
Within 30 days of the creation or modification, under section 77(1) read with section 71 and rule 3(1) of the Charges Rules. The same extension ladder as CHG-1 applies: up to 60 days on additional fee, then a further 60 days on ad valorem fee, both on application to the Registrar.
Who must comply
- Every company that creates or modifies a charge to secure debentures it has issued
- The debenture-holder or trustee as charge-holder, who may file under rule 3(3) if the company does not
- Rule 3(5) takes out a charge a banking company creates or modifies in favour of the Reserve Bank of India for a loan or advance under section 17(4)(d) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
Statutory basis
Before you file
- Execute the debenture trust deed or other instrument that creates or modifies the charge.
- Get the instrument signed by the company and by the charge-holder.
- Get the verification certificate that rule 3(4) requires for the copy of the instrument.
- Confirm the date of creation or modification. This date starts the 30-day window.
How to file
- Log in to the MCA21 V3 portal as a business user.
- Open Form CHG-9.
- Enter the particulars of the debentures and of the charge.
- Enter the date of creation or modification.
- Attach the verified copy of the instrument creating or modifying the charge.
- Sign the form with the digital signatures of the company and the charge-holder.
- Pay the filing fee.
- Submit the form within 30 days of the event.
If you miss it
Section 86(1) sets one penalty for any default in Chapter VI, so a late CHG filing costs the same whichever form it was: ₹5 lakh on the company and ₹50,000 on every officer in default. It is a flat amount rather than a daily one, so it does not grow with the delay, but it also does not shrink for a filing that is one day late.
- Section 77(3) keeps an unregistered charge out of the liquidator's and any other creditor's reckoning, so the charge-holder's security fails at the moment it matters most
- Section 86(2) sends a person who wilfully files false or incorrect charge particulars, or suppresses material information, to section 447 fraud proceedings
Common questions
Why not just file CHG-1 for a debenture charge?
Rule 3(1) splits the two by name: CHG-1 is for charges other than debentures and CHG-9 is for debentures. Filing the wrong form leaves the charge unregistered on the right one.