law: Companies Act, 2013 
  205.
  
    Functions
  
  of company secretary.
  1.      The functions of the
  
  company secretary shall include,—
  a.     
  
    to
  
  report to the Board about compliance with the provisions of this Act, the rules
  
  made there under and other laws applicable to the company;
  b.    
  
    to
  
  ensure that the company complies with the applicable secretarial standards;
  c.     
  
    to
  
  discharge such other duties as may be prescribed.
  Explanation. —For the purpose of
  
  this section, the expression “secretarial standards” means secretarial
  
  standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India constituted
  
  under section 3 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and approved by the
  
  Central Government.
  2.      The provisions
  
  contained in section 204 and section 205 shall not affect the duties and
  
  functions of the Board of Directors, chairperson of the company, managing
  
  director or whole-time director under this Act, or any other law for the time
  
  being in force.