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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Companies Act, 1956 Section 263

Appointment of Directors to Be Voted Onindividually

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Companies Act, 1956 Section 263 is part of Companies Act, 1956 - Appointment of Directors to Be Voted Onindividually. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

( 1 ) At a general me eting of a public company or of a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, a motion shall not be made for the appointment of two or more persons as directors of the company by a single resolution, unless a resolution that it shall be so made has first been agreed to by the me eting without any vote being given against it.

( 2 ) A resolution moved in contravention of sub-section ( 1 ) shall be void, whether or not objection was taken at the time to its being so moved:

Provided that where a resolution so moved is passed, no provision for the automatic re-appointment of1[the director retiring by rotation] in default of another appointment shall apply.

( 3 ) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person's appointment, or for nominating a person for appointment, shall be treated as a motion for hi s appointment.

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1. Substituted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 87, for "retiring directors" (w.e.f. 28-12-1960).

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What does Companies Act, 1956 Section 263 provide?

Section Section 263 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Appointment of Directors to Be Voted Onindividually) is reproduced on this page as part of the Companies Act, 1956. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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