Provisions of Resignation of Director under Companies Act, 2013. As per sec168 of Companies Act, 2013 a director may resign from company by giving notice in writing to company and board on receipt of notice, company intimate to ROC within 30 days of receipt of notice.
These board minutes accepting the resignation of a director are important to record your company's decision about the matter. The law requires you to keep minutes of your board meetings. It is a criminal offence not to, punishable by a fine.
These Board Minutes – Resignation of Director should be used to record the minutes of a meeting of the directors where the company has received a letter of resignation from a director and the company resolves to accept the resignation.
One way is to write a letter to the board and ask to read it out loud at your final board meeting. The board should include your letter as part of the board meeting minutes. The other way is to follow the chain of command. Tell the board chair first, then the executive director and then the whole board.
“RESOLVED THAT the resignation dated resignation date received from Mr./Ms. Name from the directorship of the company, with effect from resignation effective date, a copy of the same is tabled before the meeting, be and is hereby noted and accepted.
As an alternative to convening a board meeting, if your directors would prefer to appoint a new director by passing a written resolution, you can use Written board resolution appointing a new director. If your company only has one director, use Sole director resolution appointing a new director instead.
Board meeting minutes are an objective record of what took place during a board meeting. The minutes are typically used for internal purposes like record-keeping and for posterity. Minutes can serve to inform future meetings and recall what was discussed, agreed upon or dismissed by a company's board members.