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1. As per Section 193 of the Act, minutes of the Board meeting are to be signed by Chairman of the meeting or Chairman of the succeeding meeting. Our Chairman is busy getting business for the Company and does not have time for signing of statutory documents/minutes etc and wants to authorize the Vice chairman to do all the signing of paper work.. Can Chairman delegate duty of signing of the Board Minutes to the Vice Chairman, where there is one by authorising him to sign on his behalf?
Delegation of signing duty
04 Jun 2009 
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Minutes signing requirement: chairman or succeeding chair must sign; delegation to vice-chair not permitted; vice-chair may sign if he chairs.
The statutory requirement is that minutes be signed by the Chairman of the meeting or the Chairman of the succeeding meeting; prior delegation of the Chairman's signing duty is not supported. If the Chairman cannot sign at the succeeding meeting, the person who chairs that succeeding meeting-often the Vice-Chairman if he chairs-may sign the minutes. (AI Summary)
The statutory requirement is that minutes be signed by the Chairman of the meeting or the Chairman of the succeeding meeting; prior delegation of the Chairman's signing duty is not supported. If the Chairman cannot sign at the succeeding meeting, the person who chairs that succeeding meeting-often the Vice-Chairman if he chairs-may sign the minutes. (AI Summary)