Companies Act, 1956
Sec 322 - Directors, etc., with unlimited liability in
limited company.
(1) In a limited company, the liability of the
directors or of any director or manager may, if so provided by the memorandum,
be unlimited.
(2) In a limited company in which the
liability of a director or manager is unlimited, the directors and the manager
of the company, and the member who proposes a person for appointment to the
office of director or manager, shall add to that proposal a statement that the
liability of the person holding that office will be unlimited; and before the
person accepts the office or acts therein, notice in writing that his liability
will be unlimited, shall be given to him by the following or one of the
following persons, namely, the promoters of the company, its directors, or
manager, if any, and its officers.
(3) If any director, manager or proposer makes
default in adding such a statement, or if any promoter, director, manager or
officer of the company makes default in giving such a notice, he shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees and shall also be
liable for any damage which the person so appointed may sustain from the
default; but the liability of the person appointed shall not be affected by the
default.