The companies (Appointment and eualificationof Directors) Amendment Rules, 201g

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, 26th January, 2019

G.S.R… (E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub_sections (1) and
(2) of section 469 of the companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the central Government
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the companies (Appointment and
Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, namely: –
1. (1) These rules may be called the companies (Appointment and eualification
of Directors) Amendment Rules, 201g.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official
Gazette.
2. In the companies (Appointment and euarification of Directors) Rures, 2014
(hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 9,
(A) for the marginal heading, the following marginal heading shall be substituted,
namety: –
“Application for allotment of Director rdentificataon Number before
appointment in an existing company,,;
(B) for sub-rule (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
” (1) Every applicant, who intends to be appointed as director of an existing
company shall make an application electronically in Form DIR-3, to the central
Government for allotment of a Director Identification Number (DIN) along with such
fees as provided under the companies (Registration offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.
Provided that in case of proposed directors not having approved DIN, the particurars
of maximum three directors shall be mentioned in Form No.INC-32 (splCe) and DIN
may be allotted to maximum three proposed directors through Form INC-32 (splce)”;
(C) in sub-rule (3),
(I) In sub-clause (a), after sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted,
namely:-
“(iiia) board resolution proposing his appointment as director in an existinq
company”;
(II) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(b) Form DIR-3 shall be signed and submitted electronically by the
applicant using his or her own Digital signature certificate and shall be
verified digitally by a company secretary in full time employment of the
company or by the managing director or director or CEO or CFO of the
company in which the applicant is intended to be appointed as director in
an existing company,”.
3. In annexure to the principal rules,
(A) for form No. DIR-3 the following form shall be substituted, namely:-
Form NO. DIR-3
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