224A. Auditor not to be appointed except with the approval of the company by special resolution in certain cases.—(1) In the case of a company in which not less than twenty-five per cent of the subscribed share capital is held, whether singly or in any combination, by— (a) a public financial institution or a Government company or Central Government or any State Government, or (b) any financial or other institution established by any Provincial or State Act in which a State Government holds not less than fifty-one per cent of the subscribed share capital, or (c) a nationalised bank or an insurance company carrying on general insurance business, the appointment or re-appointment at each annual general meeting of an auditor or auditors shall be made by a special resolution. (2) Where any company referred to in sub-section (1) omits or fails to pass at its annual general meeting any special resolution appointing an auditor or auditors, it shall be deemed that no auditor or auditors had been appointed by the company at its annual general meeting, and thereupon the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 224 shall become applicable in relation to such company. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— (a) “general insurance business” has the meaning assigned to it in the General Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1971 (17 of 1971); (b) “nationalised bank” means a corresponding new bank as defined in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) or in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (10 of 1980).
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