Companies Act, 1956
Sec 215 -
Authentication of balance sheet and profit and loss account.
(1) Save as provided by sub-section (2), every
balance sheet and every profit and loss account of a company shall be signed on
behalf of the Board of directors:
(i) in the case of banking company, by the
persons specified in clause (a) or clause (b), as the case may be, of
sub-section (2) of section 29 of the Banking Companies Act, 1949( 10 of 1949);
(ii) in the case of any other company, by its
manager or secretary, if any, and by not less than two directors of the company
one of whom shall be a managing director where there is one.
(2) In the case of a company not being a
banking company, when only one of its directors is for the time being in India,
the balance sheet and the profit and loss account shall be signed by such
director; but in such a case there shall be attached to the balance sheet and
the profit and loss account a statement signed by him explaining the reason for
non-compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1).
(3) The balance sheet and the profit and loss
account shall be approved by the Board of directors before they are signed on
behalf of the Board in accordance with the provisions of this section and
before they are submitted to the auditors for their report thereon