M/s Sagar Tripathi & Co., Company Secretaries, a Practicing Company Secretary Firm, is selected by NFSL Transportation Ltd. (BSE Listed Company) on basis of giving lowest bid in the Express of Interest. One of the Pa

CS Professional · Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence · PYQS · June 2018
M/s Sagar Tripathi & Co., Company Secretaries, a Practicing Company Secretary Firm, is selected by NFSL Transportation Ltd. (BSE Listed Company) on basis of giving lowest bid in the Express of Interest. One of the Partners, Mrs. Neha S. Agrawal, while conducting Secretarial Audit for Financial Year 2017-18, gone through various Registers maintained under Companies Act, 2013. She also checked the non-statutory, but statistical in nature, Registers. List out these types of any 3 Registers which may require the comments of the Secretarial Auditors, though giving qualification for non-compliance may be at her discretion.

Answer & Explanation:

The following registers are generally maintained by the company though non statutory which are statistical and form part of evidence during the meetings. The secretarial auditor is advised to comment about the maintenance of these registers though he need not qualify his report in case of non compliance. These are: Attendance Register of Board Meetings and General Meetings The company has maintained a register of shareholders' attendance at the general meetings or has kept the attendance slips collected from the members at the meeting. Register of Proxies (1) The register of proxies containing details of proxies lodged in respect of every general meeting is maintained. (2) All proxies received by the company are recorded chronologically in a register kept for that purpose, in compliance of the Secretarial Standards. (3) The reasons for rejection of Invalid Proxies are to be mentioned in the remarks column. Register of Transfers and Transmission (1) Register of Transfers containing details of transfer of every security serially numbered and tabulated with authentication as per the procedure in compliance with the requirements of section 56 read with rule 11 of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014. (2) All transmissions received are to be dealt as approved by the Board. (3) All transfer of securities held in physical form are in Form SH-4. Register of Documents, where common seal was affixed (1) If the company has common seal, a register of Common Seal Affixed is need to ne maintained in which the following details and date of affixation of Common Seal on documents are entered. (2) The register contains the following: (a) Number and date of the minutes authorising the use of the seal. (b) Date of sealing. (c) Persons in whose presence the seal was affixed.

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