Company Secretaries Act, 1980 as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act,

2006, the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India Issued guidelines.

Guidelines may be called the Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) Guidelines, 2019.

UDIN shall be generated at the time of signing the Certificate/ Report and mandatorily be mentioned in the Certificate, Report and documents along with the Certificate of Practice number. Quoting UDIN on the certifications, attestations, w.r.t the professional services as mentioned under sub-clauses (i) to (xii) of Clause 3 supra shall be mandatory w.e.f. 1st October, 2019. Provided however that, quoting UDIN on the certifications, attestations w.r.t the professional

services as mentioned under subclauses (i) to (xii) of Clause 3 supra shall be recommendatory with immediate effect.

The details of UDIN generated by a PCS during a Financial Year shall be auto-filled in the application form for renewal of Certificate of Practice. Provided however that for the Financial

Year 2020-21 the details of UDIN generated by a practicing member during the six month period commencing from 1st October, 2019 will only be auto-filled in the application form for renewal of Certificate of Practice and the data pertaining to the six month period upto and including 30th September, 2019 is to be filled in by the practicing member on his own.