Tenure of auditor in private limited company?

CA girl (Article Trainee-CA Final)   (1942 Points)

09 January 2015  

As per Section 139(2), an individual cannot be appointed as an auditor for more than 5 consecutive years and an auditors firm for not more than 10 years? My query is, does the above provision apply for Private companies with paid up capital below 20 Crores?