AU-1.5.4

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Article 217(c) prohibits an auditor from (i) being the chairman or a member of the Board of Directors of the company he/she audits; (ii) holding any managerial position in the company he/she audits; and (iii) acquiring any shares in the company he/she audits, or selling any such shares he/she may already own, during the period of his audit. Article 61 (d) prohibits an auditor from (i) being the chairman or a director of the company he/she audits (ii) acting as a managing director, agent or representative of the company concerned; and (iii) taking up any administrative work in the company, or supervising its accounts, or having a next of kin in such a position. Furthermore, the auditor must not be a relative (up to the second degree) of a person assuming management or accounting duties in the company.

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