Section 6 – The Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959

Certificate of practice.

(1) No member of the Institute shall be entitled to practise, whether in India or elsewhere, unless he has obtained from the Council a certificate of practice.

1[(2) Every such member shall make an application in such form, and pay such annual fee, for his certificate as may be determined, by notification, by the Council, which shall not exceed rupees three thousand and such fee shall be payable on or before the 1st day of April in each year:

Provided that the Council may with the prior approval of the Central Government, determine the fee exceeding rupees three thousand, which shall not in any case exceed rupees six thousand:

Provided further that if a member of the Institute, who was in practice immediately before the commencement of this Act, has made within one month of such commencement an application for the grant of certificate of practice, he shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of sub-section (1) by reason of his having practised during the period between such commencement and the disposal of the application.]

2[(3) The certificate of practice obtained under sub-section (1) may be cancelled by the Council under such circumstances as may be prescribed.]

 

Amendment

1Substituted by the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 8-8-2006. Prior to its substitution, subsection (2) read as under :

“(2) Every such member shall make application in such form and pay such annual fee, for his certificate as may be prescribed, and such fee shall be payable on or before the 1st day of April in each year :

Provided that if a member of the Institute who was in practice immediately before the commencement of this Act has made within one month of such commencement an application for the grant of certificate of practice, he shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of sub-section (1) by reason of his having practised during the period between such commencement and the disposal of the application.”

2Inserted by the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 8-8-2006.

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