19. Register
(1) The Council shall maintain, in the prescribed
manner, a Register of the Members of the
Institute.
(2) The Register shall include the following
particulars about every member of the
Institute, namely :−
(a) his full name, date of birth, domicile,
residential and professional address;
(b) the date on which his name is entered
in the Register;
(c) his qualifications;
(d) whether he holds a certificate of
practice; and
(e) any other particulars which may be
prescribed.
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[(3) The Council shall cause to be published in such
manner as may be prescribed, a list of
members of the Institute as on the 1st day of
April of each year, and shall, if requested to
do so by any such member, send to him a
copy of such list 2
[on payment of such amount
as may be prescribed].]
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[(4) Every member of the Institute shall, on his
name being entered in the Register, pay such
annual membership fee as may be determined,
by notification4, by the Council, which shall not
exceed rupees five thousand:
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Provided that the Council may with the prior
approval of the Central Government, determine the fee
exceeding rupees five thousand, which shall not in any
case exceed rupees ten thousand.]
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[20. Removal from the Register
(1) The Council may remove from the Register
the name of any member of the Institute−
(a) who is dead; or
(b) from whom a request has been received
to that effect; or
(c) who has not paid any prescribed fee
required to be paid by him; or
(d) who is found to have been subject at the
time when his name was entered in the
Register, or who at any time thereafter
has become subject, to any of the
disabilities mentioned in Section 8, or
who for any other reason has ceased to
be entitled to have his name borne on
the Register.
(2) The Council shall remove from the Register the
name of any member in respect of whom an
order has been passed under this Act
removing him from membership of the
Institute.]
6[(3) If the name of any member has been removed
from the Register under clause (c) of subsection (1), on receipt of an application, his
name may be entered again in the Register on
payment of the arrears of annual fee and
entrance fee along with such additional fee, as
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may be determined, by notification7, by the
Council which shall not exceed rupees two
thousand:
Provided that the Council may with the prior
approval of the Central Government, determine the fee
exceeding rupees two thousand, which shall not in any
case exceed rupees four thousand.]
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1 Substituted, for the following, by the Chartered Accountants
(Amendment) Act, 1959 :−
“(3) The Council shall cause to be published in the Gazette of
India a list of members of the Institute as on the first day of
April of each year, and a copy of such list shall be sent to each
member of the Institute.”
2 Inserted by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006
and came into force w.e.f. 17th November, 2006.
3 Substituted, for the following, by the Chartered Accountants
(Amendment) Act, 2006 and came into force w.e.f. 8th August,
2006 :−
“(4) Every member of the Institute shall, on his name being
entered in the Register, pay such annual membership fee
A[differing in amount according as he is an associate or a fellow
of the Institute] as may be prescribed.”
AThese words were inserted by the Chartered Accountants
(Amendment) Act, 1959.
4 For the notification, please see Appendix No. (13).
5 Substituted, for the following, by the Chartered Accountants
(Amendment) Act, 1959 :−
"20. Removal from the Register.
(1) The Council may remove from the Register the name of
any member of the Institute −
(a) from whom a request has been received to that
effect; or
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(b) who has not paid any prescribed fee required to
be paid by him; or
(c) who is found to have been subject at the time
when his name was entered in the Register, or who at
any time thereafter has become subject to any of the
disabilities mentioned in Section 8 or who for any other
reason has ceased to be entitled to have his name borne
on the Register.
(2) The Council shall remove from the Register the name
of any member who has been found by the High Court to have
been guilty of conduct which renders him unfit to be a
member of the Institute.”
6 Inserted by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006
and came into force w.e.f. 8th August, 2006.
7 For the notification, please see Appendix No. (14).