(i) Supervision and Control.
(ii) Singing authority.
(iii) Exercising power.
(iv) Issuing testimonial.
(v) claiming salary and damages.
(vi) Preferential creditor.
(vii) Attending meeting.

(i) A company meeting must be convened and held in perfect compliance with the various provisions of the Act and the rules framed there under.
(ii) It is essential that the business dealt with at the meetings, should be validly transacted and not liable to be questioned later due to any irregularity.

Only an individual who is a member of the institute of company secretaries of India can be appointment as a company secretary.
(i) By the Promoters: The first secretary of a company is appointed by the promoters at the pre-incorporation stage and such name is mentioned in the Articles of Association.
(ii) By the First Board of Directors: After the company has been registered, the first board of directors appoints the secretary at the first board meeting. The board of directors can continue the existing secretary appointed by promoters or can appoint a new company secretary.

1. Poll means tendering or offering vote by ballot to a specially appointed officer, called the polling officer.
2. Under the Companies Act, poll means exercising a voting right in the proportion to shareholder's contribution to the paid up capital of a limited company having a share capital.