Companies Act, 2013
168.
Resignation
of director.
1. A director may resign
from his office by giving a notice in writing to the company and the Board
shall on receipt of such notice take note of the same and the company shall
intimate the Registrar in such manner, within such time and in such form as may
be prescribed and shall also place the fact of such resignation in the report
of directors laid in the immediately following general meeting by the company:
Provided
that a director shall also forward a copy of his resignation along with
detailed reasons for the resignation to the Registrar within thirty days of
resignation in such manner as may be prescribed.
1.
2. The resignation of a
director shall take effect from the date on which the notice is received by the
company or the date, if any, specified by the director in the notice, whichever
is later:
Provided
that the director who has resigned shall be liable even after his resignation
for the offences which occurred during his tenure.
3. Where all the
directors of a company resign from their offices, or vacate their offices under
section 167, the promoter or, in his absence, the Central Government shall
appoint the required number of directors who shall hold office till the
directors are appointed by the company in general meeting.