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Short title, commencement and applicability (4 subsection) Definitions (7 subsection) Composition of the Board (7 subsection) Role of the chairman and chief executive and separation of the two positions (4 subsection) Responsibilities, powers and functions of the Board (10 subsection) Meetings of the Board (5 subsection) Key information to be placed for decision by the Board (2 subsection) Performance evaluation (2 subsection) Related party transactions (5 subsection)
Sections of Law
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Quarterly and Monthly Financial Statements and Annual Report (2 subsection) Board orientation and learning (3 subsection) Formation of Board committees (3 subsection) Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Chief Internal Auditor - appointment and removal (3 subsection) Role and qualification of Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary (5 subsection) Requirement to attend Board Meetings (2 subsection) Financial Reporting Framework
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Section of Law
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Directors' report to the Shareholders (4 subsection) Disclosure of Interests by Directors and Officers (3 subsection) Directors' Remuneration (3 subsection) Responsibility for financial reporting and corporate compliance Audit Committee (9 subsection) Internal Audit (4 subsection) External Audit (8 subsection) Compliance with the rules (3 subsection) Penalty for contravention of the rules
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Role of the chairman and chief executive and separation of the two positions
The office of the chairman shall be separate, and his responsibilities distinct, from those of the chief executive. The chairman of the Board shall, ensure that the Board is properly working and all matters relevant to the governance of the Public Sector Company are placed on the agenda of Board meetings; conduct the Board meeting including fixing the agenda; and ensure that all the directors are enabled and encouraged to fully participate in the deliberations and decisions of the Board. The chief executive is responsible for the management of the Public Sector Company and for its procedures in financial and other matters include implementation of strategies and policies approved by the Board.
The Board shall establish appropriate arrangements to ensure it has access to all relevant information, advice and resources necessary to enable it to carry out its role effectively.
Performance evaluation
The performance evaluation of the members of the Board including the chairman and the chief executive shall be undertaken for which the Board shall establish a process, based on specified criteria, and the chairman of the Board shall take ownership of such an evaluation. The committees shall also carry out their evaluation on an annual basis. The Board shall monitor and assess the performance of senior management on a periodic basis, at least once a year, and hold them accountable for accomplishing objectives, goals and key performance indicators set for this purpose.
Quarterly and Monthly Financial Statements and Annual Report Every Public Sector Company shall, within one month of the close of first, second and third quarter of its year of account, prepare a profit and loss account for, and balance-sheet as at the end of, that quarter, whether audited or otherwise, for the Board's approval. Annual report including annual financial statements shall be placed on the Public Sector Company's website. Every Public Sector Company shall also prepare monthly accounts, for circulation amongst the Board members.
Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Chief Internal Auditor - appointment and removal.
The Board shall appoint or remove a chief financial officer, a company secretary and a chief internal auditor.
Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Chief Internal Auditor - appointment and removal.
The chief financial officer shall be responsible for ensuring that appropriate advice is given to the Board on all financial matters, for keeping proper financial records and accounts, and for maintaining an effective system of internal financial control. The company secretary shall be responsible for ensuring that Board procedures are followed, and that all applicable laws, rules and regulations and other relevant statements of best practice are complied with. Where the company secretary is not separately appointed, the role of company secretary may be combined with chief financial officer or any other member of senior management.
The chief financial officer and the company secretary of a Public Sector Company shall attend all meetings of the Board
Every Public Sector Company shall adopt International Financial Reporting Standards.
Disclosure of Interests by Directors and Officers Every director/officer of a Public Sector Company, if he or his relative, is in any way, directly or indirectly, concerned or interested in any contract or arrangement entered into, or to be entered into, by or on behalf of the Public Sector Company shall disclose the nature of his concern or interest at a meeting of the directors/ any forum.
Directors' Remuneration
There shall be a formal and transparent procedure for fixing the remuneration packages of individual directors. No director shall be involved in deciding his own remuneration.
No Public Sector Company shall circulate its financial statements unless the chief executive and the chief financial officer, present the financial statements, duly certified under their respective signatures, for consideration and approval of the audit committee and the Board. The Board shall, after consideration and approval, authorize the signing of financial statements for issuance and circulation.
Audit Committee
The Board shall establish an audit committee, whose members shall be financially literate and majority of them, including its chairman, shall be Independent Non Executive Directors. The names of members of the audit committee shall be disclosed in each annual report of the Public Sector Company. The chairman of the Board as well as the chief executive of the Public Sector Company shall not be a member of the audit committee. The audit committee shall be responsible for managing the relationship of Public Sector Company with the external auditors.
Internal Audit
There shall be an internal audit function in every Public Sector Company. The chief internal auditor, who is the head of the internal audit function in the Public Sector Company, shall be accountable to the audit committee and have unrestricted access to the audit committee.
External Audit
Every Public Sector Company shall ensure that its annual accounts are audited by external auditors.
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