law: Company Secretaries Act, 1980
  Entry of Names in the Register
  (1) Any of the following persons shall be 
  
  entitled to have his name entered in the Register, namely :
  (a) any person who
  
  immediately before the commencement of this Act was an Associate or a Fellow
  
  (including an Honorary Fellow) of the dissolved company;
  (b) any person who is
  
  a holder of the Diploma in Company Secretary ship awarded by the Government of
  
  India;
  (c) any person who has
  
  passed the examinations conducted by the dissolved company and has completed
  
  training either as specified by the dissolved company or as prescribed by the
  
  Council, except any such person who is not a permanent resident of India;
  (d) any person who has
  
  passed such examination and completed such training, as may be prescribed for
  
  membership of the Institute;
  (e) 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 under this Act for membership of the Institute :
  Provided that in the case of any person
  
  belonging to any of the classes mentioned in this sub-section who is not
  
  permanently residing in India , the Central Government
  
  or the Council may impose such further conditions as it may deem to be
  
  necessary or expedient in the public interest.
  (2) Every person belonging to the class
  
  mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b) 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 (c), (d) and (e) 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 prescribed entrance fee, which shall not exceed four
  
  hundred rupees in any case.
  (4) The Central Government may take such steps as may be necessary for the
  
  purpose of having the names of all persons belonging to the classes mentioned
  
  in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) entered in the Register at the
  
  commencement of this Act.
  (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
  
  section, the Council may confer on any person Honorary Fellow Membership, if
  
  the Council is of the opinion that such person has made a significant
  
  contribution to the profession of Company Secretaries and thereupon the Council
  
  shall enter the name of such person in the Register but such person shall not
  
  have any voting rights in any election or meetings of the Institute and shall
  
  not also be required to pay any fee to the Institute.