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 22 as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 17-11-2006, read as under:

"22. Professional or other misconduct defined.- For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional or other misconduct" shall be deemed to include any act or omission provided in any of the Schedules, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Director (Discipline) under sub-section (1) of section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances."