8. Preservation of Minutes and other Records :
8.1 Minutes of all Meetings shall be preserved permanently in physical or in electronic form with Timestamp.
Where, under a scheme of arrangement, a company has been merged or amalgamated with another company, Minutes of all Meetings of the transferor company, as handed over to the transferee company, shall be preserved permanently by the transferee company, notwithstanding that the transferor company might have been dissolved.
8.2 Office copies of Notices, Agenda, Notes on Agenda and other related papers shall be preserved in good order in physical or in electronic form for as long as they remain current or for eight financial years, whichever is later and may be destroyed thereafter with the approval of the Board.
Office copies of Notices, Agenda, Notes on Agenda and other related papers of the transferor company, as handed over to the transferee company, shall be preserved in good order in physical or electronic form for as long as they remain current or for eight financial years, whichever is later and may be destroyed thereafter with the approval of the Board and permission of the Central Government, where applicable.
8.3 Minutes Books shall be kept in the custody of the Company Secretary.
Where there is no Company Secretary, Minutes shall be kept in the custody of any Director duly authorised for the purpose by the Board.