Section 6: Certificate of practice.

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

(1) No member of the Institute shall be entitled to practise, whether in India or elsewhere, unless he has obtained from the Council a certificate of practice.

[(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, by the Council, [***], and such fee shall be payable on or before the 1st day of April in each year:

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[(3) The certificate of practice obtained under sub-section (1) may be cancelled by the Council under such circumstances as may be prescribed.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Company Secretaries Act, 1980
Section	6
Marginal note	Certificate of practice.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

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substituted, Act 8 of 2006. . Subs. by Act 8 of 2006, s. 5, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 8-8-2006).
omitted, Act 12 of 2022. .The words “which shall not exceed rupees three thousand,” omitted by Act 12 of 2022, s. 77 (w.e.f.10-5-2022).
omitted. . The proviso omitted by s. 77, ibid., (w.e.f 10-5-2022).
inserted, Act 8 of 2006. . Ins. by Act 8 of 2006, s. 5, (w.e.f. 8-8-2006).

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