(jaa) " Standing Committee " means the Standing Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 17;] — THE COMPANY SECRETARIES ACT, 1980

[(jaa) " Standing Committee " means the Standing Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 17;]

5 [(jaa) " Standing Committee " means the Standing Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 17;] (jb) " Tribunal " means a Tribunal established under sub -section (1) of section 10B;]; (k) " Vice -President " means the Vice -President of the Council; (l) " year " means the period commencing on the 1st day of April of any year and ending on the 31st day of March of the succeeding year; (m) words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Companies Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, a member of the Institute shall be deemed " to be in practice " when, individually or in partnership with one or more members of the Institute in practice or in partnership with members of such other recognised professions as may be prescribed, he, in consideration of remuneration received or to be received,— (a) engages himself in the practice of the profession of Company Secretaries to, or in relation to, any company; or (b) offers to perform or performs services in relation to the promotion, forming , incorporation, amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganisation or winding up of companies; or (c) offers to perform or performs such services as may be performed by— (i) an authorised representative of a company with respect to filing, registering, presenting, attesting or verifying any documents (including forms, applications and returns) by or on behalf of the company,

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