Act Number: 56

Act Name: The Company Secretaries Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-12-10

Long Title: An Act to make provision for the regulation and development of the profession of Company Secretaries.

Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Department:

Section 21C: Authority, Disciplinary Committee, Board of Discipline and Director (Discipline) to have powers of civil court.
    1[21C. Authority, Disciplinary Committee, Board of Discipline and Director (Discipline) to have powers of civil court. -- For the purposes of an inquiry under the provisions of this Act, the Authority, the Disciplinary Committee, Board of Discipline and the Director (Discipline) shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:--
         (a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
        (b) the discovery and production of any document; and
         (c) receiving evidence on affidavit.
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Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 8 of 2006, s. 20 (w.e.f. 17-11-2006).
2. The Explanation omitted by Act 12 of 2022, s. 92 (w.e.f. 10-5-2022).
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