Section 27: Unqualified persons not to sign documents.

The Company Secretaries Act, 1980Central Act · Act 56 of 1980

(1) No person other than a member of the Institute shall sign any document on behalf of a Company Secretary in practice or a firm of such Company Secretaries in his or its professional capacity.

[(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, be punishable on first conviction with a fine not less than [one lakh rupees] but which may extend to [five lakh rupees], and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with a fine not less than [two lakh rupees] but which may extend to [ten lakh rupees] or with both.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
Section	27
Marginal note	Unqualified persons not to sign documents.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 8 of 2006. . Subs. by Act 8 of 2006, s. 24, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 8-8-2006).
substituted, Act 12 of 2022. . Subs by Act 12 of 2022, s. 99, for “five thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).
substituted. . Subs by , s. 99, ibid., for “one lakh rupees” (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).
substituted. . Subs by , s. 99, ibid., for “ten thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).
substituted. . Subs by , s. 99, ibid., for “two lakh rupees” (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).

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