Secretary
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Secretary, means an official-in-charge of a Department of Government, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1317.
Secretary, one entrusted with the management of business; one who writes for another; the head of a Government department; an officer of a company, or club, etc.
Secretary of a Registered Company, is an officer of the company [McKay's case, (1876) 2 Ch D 1], and as such liable for misfeasance under s. 276 (ibid.). He is entitled to preferential payment on account of salary in a winding-up [S. 264; Cairney v. Back, (1906) 2 KB 746].
Secretary, one entrusted with the management of business; one who writes for another; the head of a Government department; an officer of a company, or club, etc.
Secretary of a Registered Company, is an officer of the company [McKay's case, (1876) 2 Ch D 1], and as such liable for misfeasance under s. 276 (ibid.). He is entitled to preferential payment on account of salary in a winding-up [S. 264; Cairney v. Back, (1906) 2 KB 746].
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