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In this Flash editorial, the author referring amendment i.e. Secretarial Standard -2 (here after referred as SS-2) issued on July, 1st, 2015 (here after referred as Old SS) and Revised version of SS-2 effective from 1st October, 2017 issued by issued by Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI) dated 30th August, 2017.
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Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors and (ii) SS-2: Secretarial Standard on General Meetings, stands withdrawn* w.e.f. 30th September, 2017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.
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.
Companies Act, 2013 requires Board of Directors of every company to present Financial Statements to shareholders along with their Report known as the Report of Board of Directors or Boards Report.
In this Secretarial Standard, the Standard portions have been set in bold types These shall be read in the context of the background material which has been set in normal type. Both the Standard portions and the background material have equal authority
As we are aware of the fact that, the Company is one of the forms of separate legal entity and it can act on its behalf and in its own name. This fact is also sound accepted that the Company for making the growth enters into contract of arrangement or various transactions on daily basis with various parties. Mainly, into closely held companies and may also on other companies
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has issued the Secretarial Standards (SS1 on Meeting of the Board of Directors and SS2 on General Meetings) which were approved by the Central Government. The adherence by the Company to these Standards is mandatory, as per the provisions of Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013.