Companies Act 2007 · As enacted · Part VII · Management and Administration Registered Office
221. Secretary
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Every company shall have a secretary.
No person shall be appointed as a secretary of a company unless such person has, in the prescribed form—
consented to be the secretary of such company; and
certified that such person has such qualifications as may be prescribed in relation that company, under section 222.
A person named as the secretary of a company in an application for incorporation or in an amalgamation proposal, shall hold office as a secretary from the date of the incorporation of the company or the date the amalgamation proposal becomes effective, as the case may be, until that person ceases to hold office under any provisions of this Act or any provisions contained in the articles of the company.
Unless the articles of the company otherwise provides, the board shall have the power to appoint or remove a secretary of the company.
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