Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 · Chapter IV: Register of Members
Section 20: Removal from the Register of members
[20. Removal from the [Register of members].—(1) The Council may remove from the [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 [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 [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) 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 ***:
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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