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{{Infobox legislation
| short_title      = The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949
| imagesize       = 150
| imagealt        = The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949
| long_title       = An Act to make provision for the regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants.
| citation        = [http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/actsbills/pdf/The_Chartered_Accountants_Act_2006.pdf Act No. 38 of 1949]
| territorial_extent= Whole of [[India]]
| enacted_by       = [[Constituent Assembly of India]]
| date_enacted     = 1 May 1949
| date_assented    = 1 May 1949
| date_commenced   = 1 July 1949
| status           = in force
}}

'''The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949''' is a statute enacted by the [[Constituent Assembly of India]], which was acting as the provisional Parliament of India in 1949 to regulate the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. Under this act, The [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] was established to educate, register and regulate Chartered Accountants in India. The Act provides for qualifications, elections for central as well as regional councils, penalties for misconduct by Chartered Accountants.



==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/actsbills/pdf/The_Chartered_Accountants_Act_2006.pdf Act No. 38 of 1949]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011103045/http://ajnext.com/portal/courses-3/ Informative Website & Training institute - AJ Education NeXt]

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[[Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 1949]]
[[Category:Accounting in India]]


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