Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959
99. Powers and duties of the Secretary
Subject to the general supervision of the President and the
Committee concerned, the Secretary shall exercise and perform, in addition to
the powers and duties specially assignee to him in the Act or these
Regulations, the following powers and duties, namely:
(a) Being in charge of the Office of the Institute as its
Executive Head, managing it and attending to all correspondence.
(b) Removal from the membership owing to death and restoration
to membership and issuing notification therefor.
(c) Sanctioning and renewing of Certificates of Practice for
associates and fellows and canceling Certificates of Practice at the request of
members.
(d) Granting of permission to members to be engaged in other
occupations besides the practice of the profession of accountancy within the
categories permitted by the Council under regulation 111.
(e) Maintenance of registers, documents and forms as required by
the Act and these Regulations.
(f) Being in charge of all the property of the Institute.
(g) Making necessary arrangements for receiving moneys due to the
Council and also issuing receipts therefor.
(h) Incurring of all revenue expenditure within the limits
sanctioned by the Council or the Committees and incurring capital expenditure
or purpose of purchasing books for the library of the Institute within the
limit sanctioned by the Council or the Committees.
(i) Causing proper accounts to be maintained and delivering of
account books, or furnishing information to the auditors appointed by the
Council for the purpose of audit of the accounts of the institute.
(j) Making all other payments as sanctioned by the Council,
Committees or the President.
(k) Payment of salary and allowances to the members of the
staff, granting of leave to them; and sanctioning their increments within the
prescribed scales subject to the approval of the President.
(l) Exercise of disciplinary control over the staff except
dismissal which should have the sanction of the President.
(m) Admitting candidates to the examinations held under hence
Regulations and making all necessary arrangements for the conduct of the
examinations.
(n) Refunding or transferring of fees received in accordance
with these Regulations for the examinations, enrolment, issue of Certificates
of Practice and allied matters.
(o) Registering and noting of suspension, cancellation or
termination of registration of students.
(p) Permitting Registered Students to engage in other occupation
as approved by the Council or the Committees.
(q) Signing and issuing of: (i) all notifications as provided in
clauses (b) above; (ii) all other notifications on behalf of the Council,
subject to the approval of the President.
(r) Signing Vakalat Namas on behalf of the Council, appointing
Solicitor of Advocates on behalf of the Council, and filling papers in Courts
on behalf of the Council, subject to the approval of the President.
(s) Calling of such information and particulars as he may
consider necessary in furtherance of the above duties.
(t) Performing such other duties and functions as are incidental
and ancillary to and may be required for the performance of the above duties
and exercising such other powers as may be delegated by the Council, a
Committee or the President from time to time.