Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
96.
Amendment of section 209A.-
In
section 209A of the principal Act,-
(a)
in sub-section (1), for clause (ii) and the proviso, the following shall be
substituted, namely:-
"(ii)
by such officer of the Government as may be authorised by the Central
Government in this behalf;
(iii)
by such officers of the Securities and Exchange Board of India as may be
authorised by it:
Provided
that such inspection may be made without giving any previous notice to the
company or any officer thereof: Provided further that the inspection by the
Securities and Exchange Board of India shall be made in respect of matters
covered under sections referred to in section 55A;";
(b)
In sub-section (6), after the words "Central Government", the words
"or the Securities and Exchange Board of India in respect of inspection
made by its officers" shall be inserted;
(c)
in sub-section (8), for the words "five thousand rupees", the words
"fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted.