Companies Act, 1956
Sec 278 - Exclusion of certain directorships for
the purposes of sections 275, 276 and 277.
(1) In calculating, for the purposes of
sections 275, 276 and 277, the number of companies of which a person may be a
director, the following companies shall be excluded, namely :
(a) a private company which is neither a
subsidiary nor a holding company of a public company;
(b) an unlimited company;
(c) an association not carrying on business
for profit or which prohibits the payment of a dividend;
(d) a company in which such person is only an
alternate director, that is to say, a director who is only qualified to act as
such during the absence or incapacity of some other director.
(2) In making the calculation aforesaid, any
company referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) shall be
excluded for a period of three months from the date on which the company ceases
to fall within the purview of those clauses.