Title : Settlement of Disputes Regarding Election
State : Central
Year : 1980
1 [Section 10A - Settlement of disputes regarding election In case of any dispute regarding any election under clause (a) of subsection (2) of section 9, the aggrieved person may make an application within thirty days from the date of declaration of the result of election to the Secretary of the Institute, who shall forward the same to the Central Government]. __________________________________ 1. Inserted by The Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006 (8 of 2006). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Board of Discipline
State : Central
Year : 1980
1[Section 21A - Board of Discipline (1) The Council shall constitute a Board of Discipline consisting of-- (a) a person with experience in law and having knowledge of the disciplinary matters and the profession, to be its presiding officer; (b) two members one of whom shall be a member of the Council elected by the Council and the other member shall be the person designated under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 16; (c) the Director (Discipline) shall function as the Secretary of the Board. (2) The Board of Discipline shall follow summary disposal procedure in dealing with all the cases before it. (3) Where the Board of Discipline is of the opinion that a member is guilty of a professional or other misconduct mentioned in the First Schedule, it shall afford to the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences by Companies
State : Central
Year : 1980
(1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: PROVIDED that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Entry of Names in the Register
State : Central
Year : 1980
(1) Any of the following persons shall be entitled to have his name entered in the Register, namely:-- (a) Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was an Associate or a Fellow (including an Honorary Fellow) of the dissolved company; (b) Any person who is a holder of the Diploma in Company Secretary ship awarded by the Government of India; (c) Any person who has passed the examinations conducted by the dissolved company and has completed training either as specified by the dissolved company or as prescribed by the Council, except any such person who is not a permanent resident of India; (d) Any person who has passed such examination and completed such training, as may be prescribed for membership of the Institute; (e) Any person who has passed such other..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Functions of Institute
State : Central
Year : 1980
1[Section 15A - Functions of Institute The functions of the Institute shall include-- (a) the examination of candidates for enrolment; (b) the regulation of training of students; (c) the maintenance and publication of a Register of persons qualified to practice as Company Secretaries; (d) collection of fees from members, examinees and other persons; (e) subject to the orders of the appropriate authorities under this Act, the removal of names from the Register and the restoration to the Register of names which have been removed; (f) the maintenance of a library and publication of books and periodicals relating to management of companies and allied subjects; (g) the conduct of elections to the Council of the Institute; and (h) the granting or refusal of certificates of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Officers and Employees, Salary, Allowances, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1980
1[16. Officers and employees, salary, allowances, etc.-- (1) For the efficient performance of its duties, the Council shall-- (a) appoint a Secretary of the Council to perform such duties as may be prescribed; (b) appoint a Director (Discipline) to perform such functions as assigned to him under this Act and the rules and regulations framed thereunder; (c) designate an officer of the Council or the Institute to carry out the administrative functions of the Institute as its chief executive. (2) The Council may also-- (a) appoint such other officers and employees to the Council and the Institute as it considers necessary; (b) require and take from the Secretary or from any other officer or employee of the Council and the Institute such security for the due performance of his..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1980
(1) This Act may be called the Company Secretaries Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions and Interpretation
State : Central
Year : 1980
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Associate" means an Associate Member of the Institute; 1[(aa) "Authority" means the Appellate Authority referred to in section 22A; (aaa) "Board" means the Quality Review Board constituted under section 29A;]; (b) "Companies Act" means the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); (c) "Company Secretary" means a person who is a member of the Institute; (d) "Council" means the Council of the Institute constituted under section 9; (e) "Dissolved company" means the Institute of Company Secretaries of India registered under the Companies Act; (f) "Fellow" means a Fellow Member of the Institute; (g) "Institute" means the Institute of Company Secretaries of India constituted under this Act; 1[(ga) "notification" means a..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Certificate of Practice
State : Central
Year : 1980
(1) No member of the Institute shall be entitled to practice, whether in India or elsewhere, unless he has obtained from the Council a certificate of practice. 1[(2) A member who desires to be entitled to practise shall make an application in such form and pay such annual fee, for his certificate as may be determined, by notification, by the Council, which shall not exceed rupees three thousand, and such fee shall be payable on or before the 1st day of April in each year: Provided that the Council may with the prior approval of the Central Government, determine the fee exceeding rupees three thousand, which shall not in any case exceed rupees six thousand.];. 2[(3) The certificate of practice obtained under sub-section (1) may be cancelled by the Council under such circumstances..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disabilities
State : Central
Year : 1980
Notwithstanding anything contained insection 4, a person shall not be entitled to have his name entered in, or borne on, the Register if he-- (a) has not attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of his application for the entry of his name in the Register; or (b) is of unsound mind and stands so adjudged by a competent court; or (c) is an undercharged insolvent; or (d) being a discharged insolvent, has not obtained from the court a certificate staling that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or (e) has been convicted by a competent court, whether within or without India, of an offence involving moral turpitude and punishable with imprisonment or of an offence, not of a technical nature, committed by him in his professional..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section