Disabilities Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4, a person shall not be entitled to have his name entered in, or borne on, the Register if he— (a) has not attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of his application for the entry of his name in the Register; or (b) is of unsound mind and stands so adjudged […]

Members to be known as Company Secretaries Every member of the Institute in practice shall, and any other member may, use the designation of a Company Secretary and no member using such designation shall use any other description, whether in addition thereto or in substitution therefor : Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any

Certificate of practice (1) No member of the Institute shall be entitled practise, whether in India or elsewhere, unless he has obtained from the Council a certificate of practice. 1[(2) A member who desires to be entitled to practise shall make an application in such form and pay such annual fee, for his certificate as may be determined, by notification,

Associates and Fellows (1) The members of the Institute shall be divided into two classes designated respectively as Associates and Fellows. (2) Any person other than a person to whom the provisions of sub-section (4) apply shall, on his name being entered in the Register, be deemed to have become an Associate and as long as his name remains so entered, shall

Entry of names in the Register (1) Any of the following persons shall be entitled to have his name entered in the Register, namely:— (a) any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was an Associate or a Fellow (including an Honorary Fellow) of the dissolved company; (b) any person who is a holder of the Diploma in Company

Incorporation of the Institute (1) All persons whose names are entered in the Register of the dissolved company immediately before the commencement of this Act and all persons who may hereafter have their names entered in the Register to be maintained under this Act, so long as they continue to have their names borne on the Register to be maintained under

Definitions and interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Associate” means an Associate Member of the Institute; 1[(aa) ”Authority” means the Appellate Authority referred to in section 22A;] 2 [(aaa) ”Board” means the Quality Review Board constituted under section 29A;] (b) “Companies Act” means the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); (c) “Company Secretary” means

Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called The Company Secretaries Act, 1980. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint*. Amendment * The Central Government has appointed 1st day of January, 1981, as