Major Acts and Regulations Coming under the Scope of Secretarial Audit

There are different Laws, Acts, Regulation coming under the scope of secretarial audit. Some of them are;

1. The Companies Act, 2013
2. The Securities Contracts(Regulation) Act, 1956
3. The Depositories Act, 1996
4. The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
5. Competition Laws
6. Labour Laws
7. Environmental Laws
8. Industry/sector Specific Laws
9. Other applicable state Laws
10. The Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. The various laws/regulation/guidelines which could be considered under this are

The various laws/regulation/guidelines which could be considered under SEBI Act1 1992 are:

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) regulations, 2011
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2009
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulation, 2008
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Registrars to an Issue and Share Transfer Agents) Regulations, 1993
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998