Any appointment may be declared to have effect as from the date upon which the appointee commenced to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his appointment, not being a date earlier than the date of the commencement of the enactment under which the appointment is made.
LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES.
A company director can be appointed during company formation and at any time thereafter. Likewise, directors can resign or be removed at any point after incorporation.
At a Board of Directors meeting, the necessary Board Resolution has to be passed for reappointing an Independent Director. As the re-appointment of such a Director is subject to shareholders' approval, a General Meeting also has to be convened and their authorisation granted.
First, you must notify Companies House of your intention to add a director to your company. You can do this using form APO1, which you can either print out, complete, and post to the organisation, or fill it out online through their website.
When you appoint a director with Companies House (via the AP01 form of via our system) you are able to backdate the appointment. This is because Companies House take appointments “on good faith”.
Disqualifications of Directors Under company law, a director can be disqualified for any of the following reasons: He is of an unsound mind and is declared so by the court. He is insolvent. He is in the process of declaring insolvency and his application is pending.
He or she should have completed twenty-five (25) years of age, but be less than the age of seventy (70) years. However, this age limit is not applicable if the appointment is approved by a special resolution passed by the company in general meeting or the approval of the Central Government is obtained.
Every person who has been appointed to hold the office of a director shall on or before the appointment furnish to the company a consent in writing to act as such in Form DIR-2: Provided that the company shall, within thirty days of the appointment of a director.