law: Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 
  4. Entry of names in the Register
  (1) Any of the following persons shall be entitled to have his
  
  name entered in the Register, namely,- 
  (i) any person who is a registered accountant
  
  or a holder of a restricted certificate at the commencement of this Act;
  (ii) any person who has passed such
  
  examination and completed such training as may be prescribed for members of the
  
  Institute;
  (iii) any person who has passed the
  
  examination for the government diploma in accountancy or an examination
  
  recognized as equivalent thereto by the rules for the award of the government
  
  diploma in accountancy before the commencement of this Act, and who, although
  
  not duly qualified to be registered as an accountant under the Auditors'
  
  Certificates Rules, 1932, fulfils such conditions as the Central Government may
  
  specify in this behalf;
  (iv) any person who, at the commencement of
  
  this Act, is engaged in the practice of accountancy in any Part B State and
  
  who, although not possessing the requisite qualifications to be registered as
  
  an accountant under the Auditors' Certificates Rules, 1932, fulfils such
  
  conditions as the Central Government may specify in this behalf;
  (v) any person who has passed such other
  
  examination and completed such other training without India as is recognized by
  
  the Central Government or the Council as being equivalent to the examination
  
  and training prescribed for members of the Institute:
  PROVIDED  that in the case of any person who is
  
  not permanently residing in India, the Central Government or the Council, as
  
  the case may be, may impose such further conditions as it may deem fit;
  (vi) any person domiciled in India, who at the
  
  commencement of this Act is studying for any foreign examination and is at the
  
  same time undergoing training, whether within or without India, or, who having
  
  passed such foreign examination, is at the commencement of this Act undergoing
  
  training, whether within or without India:
  PROVIDED  that any such examination or training was
  
  recognized before the commencement of this Act for the purpose of conferring
  
  the right to be registered as an accountant under the Auditors' Certificates
  
  Rules, 1932, and provided further that such person passes the examination or
  
  completes the training within five years after the commencement of this Act.
  (2) Every person belonging to the class mentioned in clause (i)
  
  of sub-section (1) shall have his name entered in the Register without the
  
  payment of any entrance fee.
  (3) Every person belonging to any of the classes mentioned in
  
  clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of sub-section (1) shall have his name
  
  entered in the Register on application being made and granted in the prescribed
  
  manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, which shall not exceed rupees
  
  three hundred in any case.
  (4) The Central Government shall take steps as may be necessary
  
  for the purpose of having the names of all persons belonging to the class
  
  mentioned in clause (i) of sub-section (1) entered in the Register.