Section - 27 - Unqualified persons not to sign documents
Unqualified persons not to sign documents.27. (1) No person other than a member of the Institute shall sign any document on behalf of a cost accountant in practice or a firm of such cost accountants 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.]
17. Substituted by the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 8-8-2006. Prior to its substitution, sub-section (2), read as under:"(2) Any person contravening the provision of sub-section (1) shall, without prejudice to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, be punishable with fine which may extend on first conviction to one thousand rupees, and on any subsequent conviction with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both."
18. Substituted for "five thousand rupees" by the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022, w.e.f. 10-5-2022.
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