Auditor's Remuneration

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viswanath

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25 October 2009 An Auditor appointed in a General Meeting, can his remuneration be fixed in Board Meeting?

Ram Avtar Singh

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25 October 2009 Appointment and remuneration of auditors. 160.â€”
(1) Subject to subsection
(2), every company shall at each annual general meeting appoint an auditor or auditors to hold office from the conclusion of that until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting.

[GA] (2) Subject to subsection (3), at any annual general meeting a retiring auditor, however appointed, shall be re-appointed without any resolution being passed unlessâ€”

[GA] ( a ) he is not qualified for re-appointment; or

[GA] ( b ) a resolution has been passed at that meeting appointing somebody instead of him or providing expressly that he shall not be re-appointed; or

[GA] ( c ) he has given the company notice in writing of his unwillingness to be re-appointed.

[GA] (3) Where notice is given of an intended resolution to appoint some other person or persons in place of a retiring auditor, and by reason of the death, incapacity or disqualification of that person or of all those persons, as the case may be, the resolution cannot be proceeded with, the retiring auditor shall not be automatically re-appointed by virtue of subsection (2).

[GA] (4) Where, at an annual general meeting, no auditors are appointed or re-appointed, the Minister may appoint a person to fill the vacancy.

[GA] (5) The company shall, within one week of the Minister's power under subsection (4) becoming exercisable, give the Minister notice of that fact, and, if a company fails to give notice as required by this subsection, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Â£50.

[GA] (6) Subject as hereinafter provided, the first auditors of a company may be appointed by the directors at any time before the first annual general meeting, and auditors so appointed shall hold office until the conclusion of that meeting, so, however, thatâ€”

[GA] ( a ) the company may at a general meeting remove any such auditors and appoint in their place any other persons who have been nominated for appointment by any member of the company, and of whose nomination notice has been given to the members of the company not less than 14 days before the date of the meeting; and

[GA] ( b ) if the directors fail to exercise their powers under this subsection, the company in general meeting may appoint the first auditors, and thereupon the said powers of the directors shall cease.

[GA] (7) The directors may fill any casual vacancy in the office of auditor, but while any such vacancy continues, the surviving or continuing auditor or auditors, if any, may act.

[GA] (8) The remuneration of the auditors of a companyâ€”

[GA] ( a ) in the case of an auditor appointed by the directors or by the Minister, may be fixed by the directors or by the Minister, as the case may be;

[GA] ( b ) Subject to paragraph (a), shall be fixed by the company at the annual general meeting or in such manner as the company at the annual general meeting may determine.

[GA] For the purposes of this subsection, any sums paid by the company in respect of the auditors' expenses shall be deemed to be included in the term "remuneration".

[GA] (9) The appointment of a firm by its firm name to be the auditors of a company shall be deemed to be an appointment of those persons who shall from time to time during the currency of the appointment be the partners in that firm as from time to time constituted and who are qualified to be auditors of that company.