Judgment :- This is an application under section 18(4) of the as amended in 1960, for condoning the delay and extending the time for filling the required documents with the Registrar for purposes of registration of the alteration confirmed by this court by its order dated July 25, 1959, in O.P. No. 40 of 1958. l Sub-section (1) of section 18 gives the petitioner a period of three months from the date of the order within which to file the documents with the Registrar. Actually, the petitioner is stated to have filed the documents only on April 30, 1959, while the time prescribed had expired earlier on October 25, 1958 . This petition was taken out as late as January 15, 1962 Learned Government Pleader for the Registrar of Companies raises a preliminary objects to the maintainability of the application on the ground that there is not power under section 18(4) to condone the delay and extend the time. To decide this question , it is necessary to notice in better detail section 18 and 19 of the Act as amended in 1960. Section 17 relates to special resolution and confirmation by court of proposed alteration of a memorandum. Section 18 provides for registration of the alteration within a prescribed period. For this purpose sub-section 91) of that section states that a certified copy of the order of the court mad under sub-section (5) of section 17 confirming the alteration, together with a printed copy of the memorandum as altered, shall within three months form the date of the order, be filed by the company with the Registrar. j The same sub-section proceeds to say that the Registrar shall register the alteration and certify the registration under his hand within one month from the date of the filing of such documents. Sub-section(2) and (3), which deal with the effect of registration, are not relevant for present purposes. Sub-section (4) confers power upon the court to extend the time for filing of documents or for registration of the alteration to such period as it thinks proper. l if this sub-section stood alone, something could have been said in favour of the petitioner, for by its own terms , it does not appear that the power of the court to condone delay and extend time is restricted. l if this sub-section stood alone, something could have been said in favour of the petitioner, for by its own terms , it does not appear that the power of the court to condone delay and extend time is restricted. But , such a restriction, says, the Registrar of Companies, should be read into sub-section (4) because of section 19, which deals with the effect of failure to register. Sub-section (1) of this section states that not such alteration as is referred to in section 17 shall that no such alteration as is referred to in section 17 shall have any effect until it has been duly registered in accordance with the provisions of section 18. Sub-section (2) with its proviso, which is material, reads "If the documents required to be filed with the Registrar under section 18 are not filed within the time allowed under that section, such alteration and the order of the court made under sub-section (5) of section 17 and all proceedings connected therewith , shall , at the expiry of such period, become void and inoperative Provided that the Court may, on sufficient cause shown, revive the order on application made within a further period of one month." * This sub-section is as altered in 1960. Before the amendment , sub-section (2) read thus "If the registration is not effected within three months next after the date of the order of the court confirming the alteration , or within such further time as may be allowed by the court under sub-section 94) of section 18, such alteration and order and all proceedings connected therewith shall, at the expiry of such period of three months or of such further time, as the case may be, become void Provided that the court may, on sufficient cause shown, revive the order on application made within a further period of one months." * The amendment in 1960 does not , as it seems to me effect material change so far as the effect of a failure to file the documents with the Registrar within the prescribed time is concerned The argument on behalf of the petitioner is that sub-section (4) of section 18, as it stands, confers unrestricted power upon the court to condone delay and extend time as it thinks proper and that nothing in sub-section (2) of section 19 or the proviso thereto limits or cuts down the wide ambit of sub-section (4) of section 18. I am unable to accept this construction. As I said, sub-section (4) of section 18 does not stand alone. For a proper understanding of the real scope of sections 18 and 19 they must be read together, and so read, it is clear that the power conferred by sub- section (4) of section 18 is controlled by sub-section (2) of section 19, particularly by the proviso theretoSub-section (2) of section 19 makes it explicit that the order of the court will become void and inoperative in the event of failure to file the required documents with the Registrar within the prescribed time. This itself would indicate that an application to extend time should be made before the order becomes void and inoperative. Normally , when an order becomes void and inoperative, there is no question of reviving it, unless the statute provides and enabling power. That is what the proviso does. This itself would indicate that an application to extend time should be made before the order becomes void and inoperative. Normally , when an order becomes void and inoperative, there is no question of reviving it, unless the statute provides and enabling power. That is what the proviso does. The proviso states that notwithstanding the effect, provided and application for extension of time is made within a period of one month form the expiry of the period of three months contemplated by sub-section (1) of section 18, the court may, for sufficient cause shown, extend the time after reviving the order. This proviso resolves any possible doubt and makes it crystal clear that normally there is no power to extend time unless an application therefore is made before the order becomes void and inoperative, and that the proviso is an exception to that rule enabling the court to nevertheless extend the time only if and when the application is made within a period of one month form the expiry of the period of three months On this view of the scope of section of section 18(1) and 19(2) with the proviso, I uphold the objection of the Registrar of Companies and rule that there is not power to condone the delay and extend the time since the application has been made beyond the time provided by the proviso to sub- section (2) of section 19 Sri Raghavan contends that this court in Application No. 2514 of 1958 made an order condoning the delay and extending the time, althought and application was made beyond the time contemplated by the proviso to sub- section (2) of section 19. It is further pointed out by the learned counsel that the Registrar himself, on that occasion, had no objection . But the order of this court does not shown that the precise scope of section 18(4) read in the light of sub-section (2) of section 19 with its proviso had been considered. It was not considered obviously for the reason, as Sri Raghavan himself says, the Registrar did not raise the objectionThe petition is dismissed , but , in the circumstances , with no order as to costs.