Fee schedule amendment in companies registration rules changes prescribed filing fees and creates different charges before and after specified dates. Amendment to the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 revises the note in Annexure serial VII to prescribe a time staggered fee structure for the financial year 2018-2019: a lower fee payable during an initial window from the date of Gazette publication and a higher fee payable from the subsequent date; the amendment is made under powers conferred by specified sections of the Companies Act, 2013 and takes effect from Gazette publication.