Companies Act, 1956
PART III
Provisions applying to Parts I and II of this
Schedule
3. (1) In this Schedule, the expression
"vendor" includes a vendor as defined in Part III of Schedule
II.
(2)
Clause 31 of Schedule II shall apply to the interpretation of Part II of this
Schedule as it applies to the interpretation of Part II of Schedule II.
4. If in the case of a business which has been
carried on, or of a body corporate which has been carrying on business, for
less than five financial years, the accounts of the business or body corporate
have only been made-up in respect of four such years, three such years, two
such years or one such year, Part II of this Schedule shall have effect as if
references to four financial years, three financial years, two financial years
or one financial year, as the case may be, were substituted for reference to
five financial years.
5. Any report required by Part II of this
Schedule shall either-
(a)
indicate by way of note any adjustments as respects the figures of any profits
or losses or assets and liabilities dealt with by the report which appear to
the person making the report necessary ; or
(b) make those
adjustments and indicate that adjustments have been made.
6. Any report by accountants required by Part II
of this Schedule-
(a)
shall be made by accountants qualified under this Act for appointment as
auditors of a company ; and
(b)
shall not be made by any accountant who is an officer or servant, or a partner
or in the employment of an officer or servant, of the company or of the
company's subsidiary or holding company or of a subsidiary of the company's
holding company.
For the purposes of this clause the expression
"officer" shall include a proposed director but not an auditor.