Companies required to appoint Internal auditor
13. (1)The following class of companies shall be required to appoint an internal auditor 1[which may be either an individual or a partnership firm or a body corporate] namely:—
(a)
every listed company;
(b)
every unlisted public company having-
(i)
paid up share capital of fifty crore rupees or more during the preceding financial year; or
(ii)
turnover of two hundred crore rupees or more during the preceding financial year, or
(iii)
outstanding loans or borrowings from banks or public financial institutions exceeding one hundred crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year; or
(iv)
outstanding deposits of twenty five crore rupees or more at any point of time during the preceding financial year: and
(c)
every private company having-
(i)
turnover of two hundred crore rupees or more during the preceding financial year, or
(ii)
outstanding loans or borrowings from banks or public financial institutions exceeding one hundred crore rupees or more at any point of lime during the preceding financial year: