Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000
132.
Amendment of section 274.-
In
section 274 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (f), the
following shall be inserted, namely:-
"(g)
such person is already a director of a public company which,-
(A)
has not filed the annual accounts and annual returns for any continuous three
financial years commencing on and after the first day of April, 1999; or (B)
has failed to repay its deposit or interest thereon on due date or redeem its
debentures on due date or pay dividend and such failure continues for one year
or more:
Provided
that such person shall not be eligible to be appointed as a director of any
other public company for a period of five years from the date on which such
public company, in which he is a director, failed to file annual accounts and
annual returns under sub-clause (A) or has failed to repay its deposit or
interest or redeem its debentures on due date or pay dividend referred to in
clause (B).".