Commercial Correspondence and Secretarial Practice · Class 11 Commerce
Ch 2Company Secretary — Class 11 Commercial Correspondence and Secretarial Practice, concept-first.
A company is an artificial legal person — it cannot sign a document, keep its own statutory registers, or write a letter to a shareholder without a human being authorised to act for it in these formal, procedural matters. This is the gap the office of the Company Secretary fills.
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Company Secretary as Key Managerial Personnel
A Company Secretary, under the Companies Act, 2013, is not an ordinary employee but a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India appointed by a company to perform the functions of a company secretary under t…
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Chapter contents
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Meaning and Definition of a Company Secretary
A company is an artificial legal person — it cannot sign a document, keep its own statutory registers, or write a letter to a shareholder without a human being authorised to act for it in these formal…
Companies Required to Appoint a Company Secretary
Not every company is bound by law to employ a whole-time Company Secretary — the Companies Act, 2013 links this obligation to a company's size rather than making it universal.
Qualifications and Procedure for Appointment
The single, non-negotiable qualification the Companies Act, 2013 lays down for appointment as a company's Company Secretary is membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Position and Status of a Company Secretary
The legal position of a Company Secretary is best understood as layered rather than single. First and foremost, a whole-time Company Secretary is an employee of the company, engaged under a contract o…
Duties and Functions of a Company Secretary
Section 205 of the Companies Act, 2013 lays down the core statutory functions of the company secretary in three broad strokes: to report to the Board about compliance with the provisions of the Act, t…
Rights of a Company Secretary
Because a whole-time Company Secretary works under a contract of service, the first and most obvious right is to the remuneration, allowances, and other benefits fixed by the Board resolution or the a…
Removal and Cessation of Office
A whole-time Company Secretary holds office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, since it was the Board's resolution under Section 203 that created the appointment in the first place; consistent…
Exercises
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- Q1Define a Company Secretary under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.Free
- Q2What is meant by "Key Managerial Personnel"? Name the categories of officers who are treated as Key Managerial Personnel under the Companies…Free
- Q3Which companies are required, under the Companies Act, 2013, to appoint a whole-time Company Secretary?Free
- Q4Distinguish between a whole-time Company Secretary appointed under Section 203 and a Company Secretary in Practice conducting a secretarial…Preview
- Q5State the qualifications a person must possess to be validly appointed as the Company Secretary of a company.Preview
- Q6Briefly describe the procedure a company follows to appoint its Company Secretary.Preview
- Q7Discuss the position and status of a Company Secretary in a company. Is a Company Secretary an employee, an agent, or something more?Preview
- Q8What is meant by "officer who is in default" under the Companies Act, 2013? Explain how this concept applies to a Company Secretary.Preview
- Q9Explain the statutory duties of a Company Secretary as laid down under Section 205 of the Companies Act, 2013.Preview
- Q10Describe the functions a Company Secretary performs towards the Board of Directors, the shareholders, and regulatory authorities.Preview
- Q11What rights does a Company Secretary enjoy in a company?Preview
- Q12Explain the grounds and procedure for removal or cessation of office of a Company Secretary.Preview