ICSI CS Dec 2024: CS Executive & Professional Programme Examination Important Guidelines

ICSI will commence the ICSI CS December 2024 examination for CS Executive, CS Professional exam on December 21, 2024. Candidates will be able to download the ICSI admit card Dec 2024 online when released. Candidates appearing for the exam must check the important exam day guidelines to appear in offline mode.

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has released the exam day guidelines for the candidates appearing for the December 2024 session's CS Executive & Professional Programme examination. The ICSI CS exam for Executive & Professional Programme Dec session is scheduled to be held from December 21 to December 29, 2024, in offline mode. Candidates appearing for the December session must adhere to the exam day guidelines to avoid any hassle on the day of the examination. Authorities have released the CS Executive & Professional Programme- exam day guidelines. Read this complete article to know the documents required, and centre guidelines.  

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Part A- CS Executive & Professional Programme Examination - General Instructions 

1. Candidates must verify the details mentioned on the admit card immediately after taking the print from the website- icsi.edu. Test takers are advised to check the following details: 

• Candidate’s name 
• Photograph 
• Signature 
• Registration Number 
• Stage and Module(s) of examination enrolled for 

• Examination centre 
• Medium of examination 
• Dates and Timing of the examination 
• Details of paper wise granted 
• Elective subject (in case of professional programme old and new syllabus) 

In case of any discrepancy, candidates must bring it to the notice of the institute immediately on the support portal (http://support.icsi.edu/) 

2. Candidates must carefully go through the “Instructions to the examinees” based on OMR sheets.  

3. On the day of the examination candidates must carry the following documents: 

• ICSI CS admit card 
• Student Identity Card to the Examination Centre 

4. Invigilators and Superintendents of the examinations are advised to verify the identity of each test taker while entering the examination hall and while taking the candidate’s signature 

5. Candidates must possess the identity card as downloaded from the individual online accounts at http://support.icsi.edu/ and must be attested by the authorised official of the institute. Candidates must affix the photograph in case the photograph or signature is not available on the admit card. However, candidates must get it attested by the Gazetted member/Officer of ICSI/Principal of Recognized School/Manager of Nationalised Bank. Candidates can also bring the photo identity card issued by the Government in case of any technical/ practical reasons. Candidates can bring: 

• Passport 

• Driving License 

• PAN Card 

• UID Card 

• Aadhar Card 

• Voter I-Card 

6. Candidates must bring one identical photograph and hand over the same to the Superintendent of Examination Centre for affixing on the Attendance Sheet. 

7. Provisionally registered students of Executive Programme 2022 (New Syllabus) were required to regularize their registration by submitting Bachelor’s Degree Examination degree/ mark sheet within 6 months of registration. 

8. The candidates of Executive and Professional Programme Stages under 2022 (New Syllabus) were required to complete the pre-examination test to be eligible for December session 2023 Candidates must ensure that they complete the pre-examination test of relevant Module(s) to avoid any complication at the time of examination and result declaration.  

9. Candidates are advised to reach the allotted exam centre early to know about the exact location of the examination centre and to avoid any inconveniences. 

10. Candidates will be allowed to enter the examination hall 60 minutes before the commencement of the exam in a systematic manner and occupy the allotted seats in the hall.  

11. Candidates must leave for the examination centre well before the stipulated time to avoid any inconvenience caused due to traffic/weather and so forth. No candidate will be permitted to leave the examination hall until the expiry of 60 minutes after the commencement of the exam.  

12. Candidates will be able to find the exam hall number and roll number displayed on the notice board of the examination centre. Test takers must occupy the only seats that are allotted.  

13. In a case before the examination or during the currency of examination, any situation arises due to which a special seating arrangement is required to be made on medical grounds, such candidate may submit his/her application to Joint Secretary, Directorate of Examinations along with copies of supporting documents for consideration. No facility including special seating arrangement shall be granted by the examination centre without permission from the Institute. 

14. Candidates are not required for the paper(s) in which they have been granted a paper-wise exemption. The exemption should not be assumed unless confirmed in writing by the institute.  

15. The paper-wise exemption in any paper(s) of the examination, once sought by the candidate and granted by the Institute, remains valid and is printed in his/her Admit Card (Roll No.) and taken on record for computation of his/her results unless it is canceled by the student by submitting a formal request to the Institute at the online portal https://smash.icsi.in after logging into the individual accounts of the students. Exemption, once cancelled on the student’s request, shall not be revived subsequently under any circumstances. Candidates fulfilling the eligibility conditions under 60% marks criteria have been granted exemption(s) in the respective papers, and such exemption(s) has/have been shown in the Admit Card as well as the Attendance Sheet. The status of available exemptions is also available in the individual accounts of the students at: https://smash.icsi.in. Further, if such candidates appear in any paper disregarding the exemption granted as shown in the Admit Card, the exemption will be cancelled by the Institute without notice and shall not be revived under any circumstances. 

16. It may be noted that in some cases, the exemptions granted following the various provisions contained under the Regulations are interrelated with other exemptions granted, and cancellation (or appearance) in any one of the papers may result in cancellation of exemptions in all the inter-related papers. For example, if a candidate has been granted paper-wise exemptions in three papers based on scoring 64, 59, 57 & 10 marks, respectively in the four papers contained under Module of Executive Programme in the previous session and case he/she appears or cancels the exemption in anyone out of the three exempted papers having scored 60% marks in aggregate, all the three exemptions shall be cancelled since the exemption criteria, in this case, is applicable only if all the three papers are taken together.

17. Such guidelines are equally applicable for the students of the Professional Programme. Candidates are, therefore, advised to be extremely careful while seeking cancellation or while appearing in the exempted papers, as the final result will be computed considering the actual marks scored on reappearance and/or the deemed absence in the papers as the case may be. In other words, candidates appearing in the exempted papers despite an endorsement to the effect in the Admit Card shall be doing so at their own risk and responsibility, and the Institute may not be held responsible for any eventuality which may arise at a later date. In case of any doubt regarding the applicability of rules regarding the exemptions, students should invariably seek prior clarifications from the Institute by writing through our support portal http://support.icsi.edu before deciding on their own to appear in the examination of exempted subjects or seeking cancellation of exemptions granted. 

18. The answer book will be cancelled if the test takers arrive at the exam centre other than the allotted centre.  

19. The three papers will be provided in the English language with Hindi translation for the candidates who have opted for the Hindi medium for writing the paper. Such candidates must darken the circle against the column ‘Medium of Writing – HINDI’ on the cover page of their main Answer Book No.1 

Executive Programme- Module II
1. Securities Laws and Capital Markets
2. Economic, Business and Commercial laws

20. In the examination hall, test takers shall not be permitted to bring any kind of material along with them, such as a book, handwritten or printed notes, study material, Pieces of Paper (chits), Mobile Phone, Scientific or Programmable Calculator, Blue Tooth, Laptop, Palmtop, Smart Watch, Health Band or any other electronic device or gadget.  

21. Candidates should refrain from spreading rumors and hosting any kind of material, including examination on social media websites like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. 

22. Candidates must only get blue color ink pen/ballpoint pen for writing the answers. Any other colored pen is prohibited on the answer sheet.  

23. Candidates will be allowed to use their own battery-operated noiseless, and cordless calculator with not more than 12 digits, 6 functions, and 2 memories. Use of any other scientific or borrowing of calculator will not be permitted.  

24. Candidates are required to mandatorily show the rough work attached to the answer sheet, irrespective of the use of a calculator in the examination hall. However, candidates must note that rough work done must be marked as “ROUGH WORK TO QUESTION No. …….” and scored off by drawing parallel lines across the rough work.  

25. Candidates must check the question paper before beginning the exam and must write the roll number immediately after receiving it.  In case the candidate receives the wrong question paper he/she must report to the invigilator/Centre Superintendent and get it replaced with the correct question paper. No extra time will be given to write the paper.  

26. Test takers must not write anything on the question paper except the roll number and tick mark for the question attempted.  

27. Candidates should write their Roll Number in words and figures inside the boxes and darken the corresponding OMR circles provided on the cover page of the main answer book in blue or black ballpoint pen only 

28. Before signing the Attendance Sheet on each day of examination, the candidate should remove the perforated ‘Roll Number Barcode Sticker’ of that particular paper from the Attendance Sheet and affix the same at the appropriate space in the box provided on the cover page of the Main Answer Book. Since the OMR machine will read the Roll Number, candidates should check and ensure that the Roll Number written in words, figures and circles darkened are correct. If this information is filled in wrongly, Institute will not take any responsibility for rectifying the mistake. It must also be ensured that candidates sign the Attendance Sheet only after removing the Roll Number Barcode Sticker and affixing it on the cover page of the Answer Book as specified. This is to ensure that the candidate’s signature on the Attendance Sheet does not cross over into the sticker and deface it. 

29. Candidates will not be permitted to leave the examination hall without signing the attendance sheet. Candidates will be required to enter the following details: 

• Roll Number 

• Date of Examination 

• Stage of Examination 

• Name of Subject 

• Medium of Writing 

• The number of booklets used. 

30. Each candidate is required to maintain a uniform pattern and style of his/her handwriting on answer book(s) as well as signature(s) in all correspondence with the Institute. 

31. Candidates must use both sides of the sheet before asking for an additional booklet.  

32. In case any test taker leaves the examination hall after the expiry of 1 hour but before 2 hours before the commencement of the examination, he/she will not be entitled to claim it subsequently after submission of the answer sheet.  

33. Candidates must attempt the questions following the direction provided on the question paper.  

34. Test takers must attempt each question from a fresh page and its subparts consecutively. Candidates must clearly mention the question number and draw a left-hand margin on the answer sheet underneath the question. 

35. Candidate must put a cross mark (X) against the respective Question No. (s) attempted by him/her in the appropriate box provided on the cover page of the answer book to indicate that cross (X) marked question(s) have been attempted by him/her. 

36. Candidates must write the answers in legible and neat writing quoting relevant provisions of the Rules/Acts, citing case laws wherever applicable.  

37. Candidates will not be permitted to seek any kind of clarification from the Invigilator/centre superintendent/general observers on duty at the exam centre.  

38. No candidate will be allowed to leave the examination hall under any of the following circumstances: 

• Within one hour of the commencement of examination 
• During the last 15 minutes of the examination timing
• Without signing the Attendance Sheet
• Without properly handing over his/her answer book(s) to the Invigilator. 

39. Any candidate found practising any unfair means such as copying, carrying paper, mobile phone and so forth shall be dealt with strictly and will be punished accordingly. 

Part B- COVID-19 Pandemic Special Instructions 

1. Candidates must ensure that they do not have any symptoms of COVID-19 like fever, cough, sneezing, breathing problems, headache, running nose, chest congestion, sore throat etc. 

2. If a candidate has tested COVID positive, whether asymptomatic or symptomatic during the last 10 days or returned from any foreign country in the last 14 days from the day of examination, must not appear for the examination.  

3. Candidates will be able to download the health self-declaration form along with the admit card of ICSI CS 202 Candidates must duly fill and a signed copy must be submitted to the superintendent of the Examination Centre on the first day of the exam. 

4. Candidates must maintain social distancing while entering and exiting the exam centre. 

5. Candidates must not remove their masks and cover the mouth and nose properly during the course of the examination.  

6. Candidates will only be permitted to enter the examination centre 60 minutes before the commencement. Test-takers must enter the hall systematically- one candidate at a time.  

7. Candidates will be allowed to enter only after thermal screening. 

8. Candidates will be provided with hand sanitiser while entering and exiting the examination hall.  

9. Candidates will not be allowed to share personal belongings and must bring their own transparent water bottle and hand sanitiser. 

10. Candidates will be asked to remove the face mask one time for identity verification and attendance. 

11. Candidates will be able to locate their seat and hall number from the notice that will be placed near the entrance of the examination centre. 

12. Test takers must avoid standing in groups inside and outside the examination centre.  

13. If any candidate feels any kind of uneasiness, they must immediately report the same to the centre superintendent/ invigilator.  

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Part C- Instructions for OMR-Based Examination- For Examinees of Executive Programme 

1. The following subjects will be held in OMR mode: 

Executive Programme- New Syllabus	Module
Corporate and Management Accounting	Module -II
Tax Laws	Module-I
Financial and Strategic Management	Module -II

2. Test takers will be provided with the OMR answer sheet and question paper booklet. On the OMR sheet candidates must darken appropriate circles with the following details with the blue/black ballpoint pen only: 

• 6 digit roll number 
• Question paper booklet number 
• Question paper booklet code 
• Subject code and 
• Exam centre code 

3. Question paper for the following subjects will be provided in English language only: 

Executive Programme- New Syllabus	Module
Corporate and Management Accounting	Module -II
Tax Laws	Module-I
Financial and Strategic Management	Module -II

4. Candidates must not open the seal of the question paper booklet before the specified time or until the invigilator asks to. 

5. In case of any discrepancy in the question paper such as a total number of pages or language issue, candidates must report to the invigilator immediately. 

6. Candidates must provide answers by darkening the appropriate option. Avoid darkening two options for 1 question, such responses will be marked the wrong answer. 

7. Candidates must not mark anything on the question paper booklet. 

8. Candidates will have no option to alter or change the OMR sheet once the option is darkened whether wrong or correct. Use of white/correction fluid, eraser, blade, etc. is not allowed on the OMR Answer Sheet. 

9. Candidates must be careful while answering as there is a negative marking for each wrong answer.  

10. Test takers must surrender the OMR answer sheet after each session. 

11. Candidates will be allowed to bring a clipboard on which nothing has to be written. 

NOTE: Infringement of any of these instructions shall render the candidates liable for disciplinary action which could lead to cancellation of results of the examination and/or studentship registration under the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982 as in force. 

12. Subjects and their codes for OMR-based examination are as under:

Subject	Stage of Examination	Subject Code	Module
Tax Laws	Executive Programme	TL-424	I
Corporate and Management Accounting	Executive Programme	CMA-425	II
Financial and Strategic Management	Executive Programme	FSM-428	II