law: Company Secretaries Act, 1980
  
  27. Unqualified Persons not to Sign Documents 
  
  
   (1) No person other than a member of the Institute shall sign any document 
  
   on behalf of a Company Secretary in practice or a firm of such Company 
  
   Secretaries in his or its professional capacity. 
  
  
   (2) Any person contravening the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, without 
  
   prejudice, to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, be 
  
   punishable on first conviction with fine which may extend to one thousand 
  
   rupees, and on any subsequent conviction with imprisonment which may extend 
  
   to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or 
  
   with both.
  
  
  
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  27. Unqualified Persons not to Sign Documents 
  
  
   (1) No person other than a member of the Institute shall sign any document 
  
   on behalf of a Company Secretary in practice or a firm of such Company 
  
   Secretaries in his or its professional capacity. 
  
  
   (2) Any person contravening the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, without 
  
   prejudice, to any other proceedings which may be taken against him, be 
  
   punishable on first conviction with fine which may extend to one thousand 
  
   rupees, and on any subsequent conviction with imprisonment which may extend 
  
   to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or 
  
   with both.