Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
44. Practical Training
(1) A person who has passed the examinations prescribed in this
Chapter or the examinations recognized as equivalent thereto shall not be
eligible for membership of the Institute unless he has undergone such practical
training as the Council may from time to time decide.
(2) For purposes of sub-regulation (1) above, an applicant for
membership of the Institute shall be required to produce evidence to the
satisfaction of the Council that he has acquired for a period of not less than
three years practical experience covering different branches of Costing or
Industrial Accounting, viz., Stores, Materials, Labor, Overhead etc., in a
responsible position in any one or more Industrial or Commercial or Government
units or department:
PROVIDED that in the case of a person who has been
admitted to Associate or Fellow Membership of the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India, practical training in Cost or Industrial Accounting
functions as set out in sub-regulation (2) above for a minimum period of two
and a half years may be considered adequate.