Companies Act, 2013
160.
Right
of persons other than retiring directors to stand for directorship.
1. A person who is not a
retiring director in terms of section 152 shall, subject to the provisions of
this Act, be eligible for appointment to the office of a director at any
general meeting, if he, or some member intending to propose him as a director,
has, not less than fourteen days before the meeting, left at the registered
office of the company, a notice in writing under his hand signifying his
candidature as a director or, as the case may be, the intention of such member
to propose him as a candidate for that office, along with the deposit of one
lakh rupees or such higher amount as may be prescribed which shall be refunded
to such person or, as the case may be, to the member, if the person proposed
gets elected as a director or gets more than twenty-five per cent. of total
valid votes cast either on show of hands or on poll on such resolution.
2. The company shall
inform its members of the candidature of a person for the office of director
under sub-section (1 ) in such manner as may be prescribed.