Company secretary duties require Board reporting, ensuring compliance with secretarial standards and performing prescribed duties. The company secretary must report to the Board on compliance with the Act, its rules and other applicable laws, ensure the company complies with applicable secretarial standards, and discharge other prescribed duties; secretarial standards are those issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government, and these provisions do not affect the duties of the Board or executive directors under this Act or other law.