The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
20. REMOVAL FROM THE REGISTER
(1) The Council may remove from the Register the name of any member of the Institute –
(a) Who is dead; or
(b) From whom a request has been received to that effect; or
(c) Who has not paid any prescribed fee required to be paid by him; or
(d) Who is found to have been subject at the time when his name was entered in the Register, or who at any time thereafter has become subject to any of the disabilities mentioned in section 8, or who for any other reason has ceased to be entitled to have his name borne on the Register.
(2) The Council shall remove from the Register the name of any member in respect of whom an order has been passed under this Act removing him from membership of the Institute.
1[(3) If the name of any member has been removed from the Register under clause (c) of sub-section (1), on receipt of an application, his name may be entered again in the Register on payment of the arrears of annual fee and entrance fee along with such additional fee, as may be determined, by notification, by the Council, which shall not exceed rupees two thousand:
Provided that the Council may with the prior approval of the Central Government, determine the fee exceeding rupees two thousand, which shall not in any case exceed rupees four thousand.]
Comments
The Council has been empowered to remove the name of any member from the Register of the members of the Institute (i) who is dead; or (ii) from whom a request has been received to that effect; or (iii) who has not paid any prescribed fee required to be paid by him; or (iv) who is found to have been subject at the time where his name was entered in the Register, or who at any time thereafter has become subject to any disabilities mention in section 8, who for any other reason has ceased to be entitled to have his name borne on the Register. If the name of any member has been removed from the Register, on receipt of an application, his name may be entered again in the Register on payment of the arrears of annual fee and entrance fee along with such additional fee as may be determined by the Council, which shall not exceed rupees two thousand.
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1. Ins. by Act 8 of 2006, sec. 18 (w.e.f. 17-11-2006).
The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
