Rule · SECP · 14 Dec 2020

Companies (Maintenance and Audit of Cost Accounts) Regulations 2020

Every company to which these regulations apply must keep cost accounting records, appoint a cost auditor within ninety days of this notification and annually within one hundred and eighty days of the financial year's start, and report appointments to the Commission within fourteen days in Appendix I. Cost auditors must be qualified Chartered Accountants or Cost and Management Accountants holding valid practice certificates, with listed companies' auditors holding satisfactory Quality Control Review Program ratings; disqualified persons include the company's auditor, directors, officers, employees, their partners and spouses, body corporates, and shareholders. The cost auditor reports within one hundred and eighty days of year-end to the board in Appendix II with Appendix III, copying the Commission and registrar, and the company must explain any qualifications within thirty days.

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572 obligations · 16 permissions · 52 definitions · 1,590 reporting items
  • Obligation 572
  • Permission 16
  • Definition / condition 52
  • Reporting template 1,590
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The Securities and ExchangeCommission of Pakistan Act, 1997 …1997 · PK-LAWThe Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act, 1997 (Act No. XLII of 1997) (1997-12-19)Draft Companies (Audit of CostAccounts) Regulations, 20202020 · SECPDraft Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Regulations, 2020 (2020-09-21)Cement Industry (Cost AccountingRecords) Order, 1994Not in RegAlertCement Industry (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1994 — Not in RegAlertCompanies (Audit of Cost Accounts)Rules, 1998Not in RegAlertCompanies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Rules, 1998 — Not in RegAlertElectric Power Generation Industry(Cost Records) Order 2015Not in RegAlertElectric Power Generation Industry (Cost Records) Order 2015 — Not in RegAlertVegetable Ghee and Cooking OilCompanies (Cost Accounting Record…Not in RegAlertVegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1990 — Not in RegAlertCompanies (Maintenance andAudit of Cost Accounts) Regul…2020-12-14 · this documentCompanies (Maintenance and Audit of Cost Accounts) Regulations 2020 (2020-12-14)
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The links and the sentences they come from (6)
Supersedes
  • “the same having been previously published vide S.R.O. 893(I)/2020 dated September 21, 2020 as required by proviso to sub-section (1) of section 512”

  • Cement Industry (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1994Not in RegAlert

    “(c). Cement Industry (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1994;”

  • Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Rules, 1998Not in RegAlert

    “The following instruments hereinafter called as repealed instruments, are hereby repealed, namely— (a). Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Rules, 1998;”

  • Electric Power Generation Industry (Cost Records) Order 2015Not in RegAlert

    “and (g) Electric Power Generation Industry (Cost Records) Order 2015:”

  • Vegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1990Not in RegAlert

    “(b). Vegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1990;”

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What changed in the obligations

Against Draft Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Regulations, 2020 (2020-09-21)

2 new obligations · 1 change of scope · 1 change of who is bound

571 obligations are the same in both texts.

Changed (2)
  • Who is bound
    Before
    (4) It shall be the duty of every person referred to in sub-section (6) of section 220 of the Act, to comply with the provisions of these regulations in the same manner as they are liable to maintain financial accounts required under section 220 of the said Act.
    Now
    (4) It shall be the duty of every director, including chief executive and chief financial officer of the company to ensure compliance with the provisions of these regulations in the same manner as they are liable to maintain financial accounts required under section 220 of the said Act.
  • Scope
    Before
    e. a person who is indebted to the company other than in the ordinary course of business of such entities;
    Now
    (3) For the purposes of these regulations, none of the following persons shall be considered fit and proper for appointment as cost auditor of a company, namely:- (e) a person who is indebted to the company other than in the ordinary course of business of such entities: Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be indebted to the company. who owes a sum of money not exceeding one million rupe…
New in this text (2)
  • (a) revive anything not in force at the time at which the repeal take effect; or
  • Following details must be shown

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