Company Secretaries Act, 1980

1. Substituted by the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022, with effect from a date yet to be notified. Prior to its substitution section 21D as inserted by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 17-11-2006, read as under:

"21D. Transitional Provisions- All complaints pending before the Council or any inquiry initiated by the Disciplinary Committee or any reference or appeal made to a High Court prior to the commencement of the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of this Act, as if this Act had not been amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006."