Companies Act, 1956
Sec 224A - Auditor
not to be appointed except with the approval of the company by special
resolution in certain cases.
(1) In the case of a company in which not less
than twenty-five per cent of the subscribed share capital is held, whether
singly or in any combination, by:
(a) a public financial institution or a
Government company or Central Government or any State Government, or
(b) any financial or other institution
established by any Provincial or State Act in which a State Government holds
not less than fifty-one per cent of the subscribed share capital, or
(c) a nationalized bank or an insurance
company carrying on general insurance business, the appointment or
re-appointment at each annual general meeting of an auditor or auditors shall
be made by a special resolution.
(2) Where any company referred to in
sub-section (1) omits or fails to pass at its annual general meeting any
special resolution appointing an auditor or auditors, it shall be deemed that
no auditor or auditors had been appointed by the company at its annual general
meeting, and thereupon the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 224 shall
become applicable in relation to such company.
Explanation: For the purposes of
this section,
(a) " general insurance business "
has the meaning assigned to it in the General Insurance (Emergency Provisions)
Act, 1971 (17 of 1971);
(b) " nationalized bank " means a
corresponding new bank as defined in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and
Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) or in the Banking Companies
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980).