Section 29A – The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949

(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

(a) the manner of election² and nomination³ in respect of members to the Council under sub-section (2) of Section 9;

(b) the terms and conditions of service of the Presiding Officer and Members of the Tribunal, place of meetings and allowances to be paid to them under sub-section (3) of Section 10B⁴;

(c) the procedure of investigation under sub-section (4) of Section 21⁵;

(d) the procedure while considering the cases by the Disciplinary Committee under sub-section (2), and the fixation of allowances of the nominated members under sub-section (4) of Section 21B⁶;

(e) the allowances and terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and members of the Authority and the manner of meeting expenditure by the Council under Section 22C⁷;

(f) the procedure to be followed by the Board in its meetings under Section 28C⁸; and

(g) the terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and members of the Board under sub-section (1) of Section 28D⁹.]

Amendment

¹ Inserted by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006 and came into force w.e.f. 8^th August, 2006.

² Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Chartered Accountants (Election to the Council) Rules, 2006′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 5^th September, 2006 and have come into force from that date.

³ Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Chartered Accountants (Nomination of Members to the Council) Rules, 2006′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 19^th August, 2006 and have come into force from that date.

⁴ Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Chartered Accountants (Election Tribunal) Rules, 2006′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 17^th November, 2006 and have come into force from that date.

^5&6 Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 28^th February, 2007 and have come into force from that date.

⁷ Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Appellate Authority (Allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and members and the manner of meeting expenditure of the Authority) Rules, 2006′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 17^th November, 2006 and have come into force from that date.

^8&9 Rules made by the Central Government, called ’The Chartered Accountants (Procedures of Meetings of Quality Review Board, and Terms and Conditions of Service and allowances of the Chairperson and members of the Board) Rules, 2006′ have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) dated 5^th December, 2006 and have come into force from that date.