VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Clarification on Notification number 710/1(M)/1 dated 29th
December,
2012 notifying the draft Company Secretaries (Amendment)
Regulations, 2012 implementing the new training structure
Dear Student,
This has reference to the Institute’s Notification number 710/1(M)/1
dated 29th
December, 2012 pertaining to the draft Company Secretaries
(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 proposing amendments in the Company
Secretaries Regulations, 1982 by the Institute (ICSI) to give effect to new
training structure thereby increasing training period from 15 months to
24 months, providing for alternate training for 36 months on enrolment
for Executive Programme in addition to other amendments pertaining to
exemption from training requirements and Management Skill Orientation
Programme (MSOP).
The said Notification number 710/1(M)/1 dated 29th
December, 2012
notifying the draft regulations for implementing the new training
structure was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III,
Section 4 for information of all person likely to be affected and for their
objections / suggestions on the same within 45 days from the date the
same was made available to the public. The said notification was made
available to the public on 8th
January, 2013. Accordingly, the last date
for making objections / suggestions on the draft regulations is 21st
February, 2013. The said notification has also been published in
January, 2013 issue of the Chartered Secretary Journal of the Institute
and hosted on the website of the Institute.
We wish to clarify for the information of all students of the Institute that
the said draft regulations i.e. the Company Secretaries (Amendment)
Regulations, 2012 shall come into force on the date of their final
publication in the Official Gazette as stated in sub clause (2) of clause 1
of the notification and the same are reproduced herein below for
immediate reference:
“1. (1) ………….(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication
in the Official Gazette.”
The final notification notifying the said draft Company Secretaries
(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 shall be published in the Official Gazette
after considering the objections / suggestions, if any received from the
public on the draft regulations with the approval of the Council and the
Central Government.
In view of the foregoing, it is hereby clarified that the new training
structure proposed in the aforesaid draft regulations shall apply to those
students only who shall register themselves for the Executive Programme
on or after the date of publication of final notification of the draft
regulations in the Gazette of India.
In case any further information / clarification is required, please write on
email IDs. meenakshi.gupta @ icsi.edu and sanjay.nagar @ icsi.edu.
Sutanu Sinha
Chief Executive
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India