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As per the provisions of The Companies Act 2013 & Secretarial Standards-I issued by ICSI a company should conduct at least 1 (One) meeting in a quarter i.e. 4 (four) meetings a year (Except One Person Company). Where the company holds only 1 meeting (just complying with the mandatory requirement) in a quarter, the items/proposal which may require urgent approval & implementation would have to wait till next board meeting & this may adversely affect profitability.
Need of Secretarial Standards: Due to following reason, need of Secretarial Standard becomes more inevitable: – Issues where the law is not clear; – Issues where the law is subject to multiple interpretations; – Issues where multiple/divergent practices exist though the law is clear – Secretarial Standards are to integrate, harmonise, standardize and streamline such practices followed by the Company.
The drafting and maintenance of minutes of meetings has traditionally and for long been a core function of the Company Secretary. Justifiably so, for, the Company Secretary doesn’t merely writes minutes, he writes history- the history of the company, the history of the corporate sector and, in a vicarious manner, of the economy and the country.
1. What is the need of the Secretarial Standards? + Companies follow diverse secretarial practices. These practices have evolved over a period of time through vañed usages and as a response to differing business cultures. As an illustration, in Companies Act, 2013, there are no provisions with regard to time within which Agenda and Notes […]
Decisions of a Company are taken by its Board of Directors at their meetings. The Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as Act) has put in place provisions to call, convene, conduct and regulate these meetings but the law had also mandated that every Company should observe Secretarial Standards.
The Secretarial Standard 1 seeks to prescribe a set of principles for convening and conduct of Board Meetings. The principles enunciated in this Standard are equally applicable to the meetings of Committees, unless otherwise stated herein or in the Act. The Directors owe a duty to the shareholders and should exercise care, skill and diligence […]
Sending Notice, Agenda, Resolution by Circulation and Minutes of Board Meeting under SS-1-Secretarial Standard on Meetings of Board of Directors ♣ NOTICE – The Notice shall specify the serial number, day, date, time and full address of the venue of the Meeting. ♣ AGENDA- To send Agenda to the Directors at least seven days before […]
The Secretarial Standards have been notified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India in the Official Gazette and will take effect from July 1, 2015. Prior to the promulgation of the Companies Act, 2013, the secretarial standards were recommendatory in nature.
Secretarial Standard on General Meeting issued by the Council of the ICSI and approved by Central Government is to be mandatorily adhered by all Companies as per the Provision of Section 118 (10) of Companies Act, 2013.
SECRETARIAL STANDARD ON GENERAL MEETINGS Following is the text of the Secretarial Standard-2 (SS-2) on ‘General Meetings’, issued by the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government. Adherence by a company to this Secretarial Standard is mandatory, as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
