Requirement to appoint company secretary

Ishan Gandhakwala (Consultant) (141 Points)

06 December 2013  

Under section 383A of Companies Act, it has defined that company is required to appoint a Company Secretary if the Company has a " PAID UP SHARE CAPITAL OF RS. 5 CRORE OR MORE ".

However, my question is that, is this requirement of Share Capital only includes Equity Share Capital, or E.S.C. and Preference Share Capital, both?