Companies Act, 1956
Sec 313 -
Appointment and term of office of alternate directors.
(1) The Board of directors of a company may,
if so authorized by its articles or by a resolution passed by the company in
general meeting, appoint an alternate director to act for a director
(hereinafter in this section called "the original director") during
his absence for a period of not less than three months from the State in which
meetings of the Board are ordinarily held.
(2) An alternate director appointed under
sub-section (1) shall not hold office as such for a period longer than that
permissible to the original director in whose place he has been appointed and
shall vacate office if and when the original director returns to the State in
which meetings of the Board are ordinarily held.
(3) If the term of office of the original
director is determined before he so returns to the State aforesaid, any
provision for the automatic re-appointment of retiring directors in default of
another appointment shall apply to the original, and not to the alternate
director.