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EFFECTIVE DATE – Secretarial Standard 4 on Report of Board Of Directors shall come into effect from 1st October, 2018. This Standard is issued by the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and may be called the Secretarial Standard-4 (SS-4) on ‘Report of the Board of Directors’. The Secretarial Standards integrate, harmonise and […]
After issuing SS1, SS2 and SS3, today ICSI notified Secretarial Standard on Board Report effective from October 1, 2018. Currently it is voluntary for adoption by the Company
Resolution-by-circulation means the resolution which is passed by the circulation among the directors or members of the Board. Generally, the resolution was proposed to be passed when there is urgency or sometimes the resolution by circulation is preferred to avoid the procedural requirements of convening the physical Board Meeting.
Role of Secretarial Standards Set a unified code of secretarial practices and ethics to be followed by corporates Facilitate dispute resolution between various stakeholders Provide clarity where the law is silent or ambiguous Boost confidence of investor and in particular, the Institutional Investor. Provide assurance to Directors, in particular Independent Directors and to Bankers, Regulators and other stakeholders Set higher benchmarks of Ethics and Corporate Governance
Secretarial audit of corporate law compliances, listing agreement compliances, SEBI rules and regulations and other laws specifically applicable to the corporates.
1. Dividend shall be paid out of the profits of the financial year for which such Dividend is sought to be declared and/or out of profits for any previous financial year(s) which remains undistributed after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Dividend may also be declared out of money provided […]
In common parlance audit refers to the systematic examination and verification of the records, transactions, documents and physical inspection of the activities by qualified personnel.
Before writing on SS-3 one Quick Question is Whether adherence of this Secretarial Standard is Mandatory or recommendatory for the Corporates. These standards are issued by ICSI, However, adherence of these standards are Recommendatory
SECRETARIAL STANDARD ON DIVIDEND- The following is text of the Secretarial Standard-3 (SS-3) on Dividend, issued by Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Adherence to this Secretarial Standard is recommendatory.
Guidance Note on Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) sets out the explanations, procedures and practical aspects in respect of the provisions contained in revised SS-2 (effective from 1st October, 2017) to facilitate compliance thereof by the stakeholders.
