Companies Act, 2013
205.
Functions
of company secretary.
1. The functions of the
company secretary shall include,—
a.
to
report to the Board about compliance with the provisions of this Act, the rules
made there under and other laws applicable to the company;
b.
to
ensure that the company complies with the applicable secretarial standards;
c.
to
discharge such other duties as may be prescribed.
Explanation. —For the purpose of
this section, the expression “secretarial standards” means secretarial
standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India constituted
under section 3 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and approved by the
Central Government.
2. The provisions
contained in section 204 and section 205 shall not affect the duties and
functions of the Board of Directors, chairperson of the company, managing
director or whole-time director under this Act, or any other law for the time
being in force.