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Board Meeting Minutes Format — SS-1 Compliant Template (Word)

SS-1-structured minutes of a Board meeting — serial number, attendance with mode, leave of absence, quorum under Section 174, Section 184 disclosures, item-wise resolutions and the signing trail.

Free · CORAA original — SA-aligned
Updated 29 Jul 2026
Standard
SS-1 (Secretarial Standard on Board Meetings) + Sec 118
Quorum
1/3 of total strength or 2 directors, whichever higher (Sec 174)
Entry in minutes book
Within 30 days of the meeting
Signed by
Chairman of the same or the next meeting
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Engagement details
The client and period this document is for.
Chairman of the meeting for minutes; the director/CS signing for resolutions and notices.
SS-1 requires each meeting to be serially numbered — e.g. 4/2026-27 or the 42nd meeting.
What’s inside

An excerpt from the template.

MINUTES OF THE ___ MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ___

CIN: ___ | Registered Office: ___

Held on ___ at ___, commencing at ___ and concluding at ___.

PRESENT

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This template follows the format published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in the AASB Audit Working Paper Templates (June 2023), the authoritative reference for Indian statutory-audit documentation. Fill in your firm’s letterhead and the engagement details on the form above, click Download Word file, and you’ll get a fully formatted .docx ready to use.

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Common questions

FAQs.

Within how many days must board meeting minutes be signed?
Minutes must be entered in the minutes book within 30 days of the conclusion of the meeting (Section 118(1) and SS-1). SS-1 also expects draft minutes to be circulated to all directors within 15 days of the meeting for comments. The minutes are then signed and dated by the Chairman of that meeting or the Chairman of the next meeting, who initials every page and signs the last page.
What must be recorded in board minutes as per SS-1?
The serial number of the meeting; company name; day, date, venue and time of commencement and conclusion; names of directors present with mode of attendance (in person / video conferencing); the company secretary and invitees in attendance; leave of absence granted; confirmation of quorum; for each item, the decision and the resolution text; and the names of directors who dissented or did not concur (Section 118(4)). Pages of the minutes book must be consecutively numbered and each minute serially numbered.
What is the quorum for a board meeting?
One-third of the total strength of the Board or two directors, whichever is higher (Section 174(1)). Directors participating through video conferencing or other audio-visual means are counted for quorum. Where an item involves an interested director, Section 174(3) read with Section 184 requires quorum among the disinterested directors — an interested director in a public company neither participates nor votes on that item.
How are interested directors dealt with in the minutes?
Record two things: that the Form MBP-1 disclosures under Section 184(1) were placed and noted, and, against any item in which a director is interested, that the interested director disclosed the interest and did not participate in the discussion or vote (Section 184(2)). For a private company the director may participate after disclosure, but the disclosure itself must still be minuted.
Is SS-1 mandatory for private limited companies?
Yes. Section 118(10) requires every company to observe Secretarial Standards SS-1 and SS-2 issued by the ICSI and approved by the Central Government. Only One Person Companies with a single director (and certain government-exempted classes such as Section 8 companies, for which SS-1 applicability is relaxed) fall outside the full rigour — for an ordinary private limited company, SS-1 applies in full.
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