Companies Act

Section 205. Functions of company secretary

(1) The functions of the company secretary shall include,–

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(a) to report to the Board about compliance with the provisions of this Act, the rules made thereunder and other laws applicable to the company;

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(b) to ensure that the company complies with the applicable secretarial standards;

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(c) to discharge such other duties as may be prescribed.

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Explanation.–For the purpose of this section, the expression secretarial standards means secretarial standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India constituted under section 3 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980) and approved by the Central Government.

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(2) The provisions contained in section 204 and section 205 shall not affect the duties and functions of the Board of Directors, chairperson of the company, managing director or whole-time director under this Act, or any other law for the time being in force.