26 August 2013
1)This order may be called the Companies (Auditorโs Report) Order, 2003.
2)It shall apply to every company including a foreign company as defined in section 591 of the Act, except the following :โ
(i)a Banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);
(ii)an insurance company as defined in clause (21) of section 2 of the Act;
(iii)a company licensed to operate under section 25 of the Act; and
(iv) a private limited company with a paid-up capital and reserves not more than fifty lakh rupees and does not have loan outstanding exceeding Rupees Twenty Five lakhs from any bank or financial institution and does not have a turnover exceeding five crores rupees at any point of time during the financial year
3)It shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2003.