Removal from the Register of members

Section 20 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 deals with removal from the Register of members. The Council may remove from the [Register of members] the name of any member of the Institute-- (a) who is dead; The Act came into force on 01 Jul 1949.

¹[20. Removal from the ²[Register of members].--(1) The Council may remove from the ²[Register of members] the name of any member of the Institute--

(a) who is dead; or

(b) from whom a request has been received to that effect, or

(c) who has not paid any prescribed fee required to be paid by him; or

(d) who is found to have been subject at the time when his name was entered in the ²[Register of members], or who at any time thereafter has become subject, to any of the disabilities mentioned in section 8, or who for any other reason has ceased to be entitled to have his name borne on the Register.

(2) The Council shall remove from the ²[Register of members] the name of any member in respect of whom an order has been passed under this Act removing him from membership of the Institute.]

³[(3) If the name of any member has been removed from the Register under clause (c) of sub-section (1), on receipt of an application, his name may be entered again in the Register on payment of the arrears of annual fee and entrance fee along with such additional fee, as may be determined, by notification, by the Council ⁴***:

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Section 20, The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Act 38 of 1949).