Every company under the Companies Act 2016 is required to appoint at least one secretary within 30 days after incorporation. Otherwise, a penalty will be imposed on the Directors, running into a risk of being blacklisted.

The role and responsibility of Company Secretary as as follows:

➔ Preparing board meetings and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) – As of year 2016 under the revised Companies Act, AGM is no longer necessary for Private Limited Companies (Sendirian Berhad or Sdn Bhd)
➔ Filing Annual returns to SSM (CCM in English)
➔ Amendments to the company Constitution
➔ Maintaining statutory documents
➔ Filing updates with SSM on matters such as changes of company name or address, issue of shares, changes in directors, shareholders, etc.

List of Secretarial Services

For instance, the Secretarial Services are includes: