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Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates the observance of Secretarial Standards on General and Board Meetings specified by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government. Accordingly, the Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2), as approved by the Central Government, have been issued by the ICSI for observance by all companies (except exempted class of companies).
Revised Secretarial Standard shall be effective w.e.f. 1st October, 2017. There are some alterations made in the revised SS-1 in comparison to former SS-1.This Standard prescribes a set of principles for convening and conducting Meetings of the Board of Directors and matters related thereto.
F. No. ICSI/6/2017.—The Notification ICSI No.1 (SS) of 2015 dated 23rd April, 2015, published in the Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4, with regard to (i) SS-1: Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors and (ii) SS-2: Secretarial Standard on General Meetings, stands withdrawn* w.e.f. 30th September, 2017
Secretarial audit defined under Companies Act, 2013. It is Compliance of various applicable laws under companies act or any other act, rules, regulation and Procedure. Secretarial audit will be helpful to the Promoters, Independent & Non- Independent Directors, government authorities & regulators, Investors, stakeholders, Creditors and management of the company.
Post clearing professional programme examination and completing management training the first thing a Company Secretary must do to be best, unique or ultimate, whether someone is opting for corporate or for practice. A professional must possess some ultimate skill to the path of success in corporate world; following are the key qualities of an ultimate CS.
To become good CS, one should have positive & active attitude. Attitude here doesnt mean arrogance or disrespecting others. Attitude here means to have aura or you can say own personality (kuch bat honi chahye).
Through my article on Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors I have tried to compile all the related provisions and present the same through flow charts. This five page article shall definitely help you in understanding the complete provisions of SS-1 at a glance.
In this Flash editorial, the auditor begins by referring the provisions of section 203 of Companies Act, 2013 and Section 383A of Companies Act, 1956 concerning to the whole time Company Secretary of the Company also makes an endeavor to light up on provisions of penalty on non appointment Company Secretary via decided case laws.
The areas in which the Company Secretaries in Practice can and do render their services and the names, addresses and other particulars of Company Secretaries in Practice are displayed on the website of the Institute.
Article explains Role of Company Secretary In National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) & National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
