THE COMPANY SECRETARIES (PROCEDURE OF INVESTIGATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER MISCONDUCT AND CONDUCT OF CASE… — THE COMPANY SECRETARIES ACT, 1980

112 [Rule 6] THE COMPANY SECRETARIES (PROCEDURE OF INVESTIGATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER MISCONDUCT AND CONDUCT OF CASES) RULES, 2007 [As Amended up to 1Oth November; 2020] [Issued by the Ministry of Company Affairs, Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary; Part Il, Section 3() vide Notification No. GSR 111(E), dated 27th February, 2007 at New Delhi] In exercise of the powers conferred by Clauses (c) and (d) of Sub-section (2) of Section 38A, read with Sub-section (4) of Sec- tion 21 and Sub-sections (2) and (4) of Section 21B of the Company Secretaries Act; 1980 (56 of 1980) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. Short title and commencement (1) These rules may be called the Company Secretaries (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007 . (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Chapter Preliminary 2. Definitions and Interpretations (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires; (a) "Act" means the Company Secretaries Act; 1980 (56 of 1980); (b) "Committee" means the Disciplinary Committee or Committees constituted by the Council under Sub- section (1) of Section 21B of the Act; (c) "Director" means the person appointedas Director (Discipline) by the Council under clause (b) of Sub- section (1) of Section 16 of the Act; (d) "Directorate" means the Disciplinary Directorate established under Sub-section (1) of Section 21 of the Act; "I(dd) "electronic mode" means and includes Inserted by the Company Secretaries (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Amendment Rules, 2020, Notification No G.SR. 696(E), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary dated 10.11.20