To be properly appointed, a person must give written and signed consent to the company prior to appointment. The company must keep this consent (s 201D). Failure to give consent results in the appointment being void.
IN LIGHT OF THE ECONOMIC CRIME & CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT 2023, THIS TEMPLATE IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. This Director's Consent to Act allows a prospective director to confirm that he/she is a fit and proper person to act as a director of a company.
Shareholder Vote - In many jurisdictions, directors can be removed by a majority vote of the shareholders. If the company's bylaws allow, shareholders can call a meeting and vote to remove the director, even if they do not consent.
The shareholders also have the power to appoint directors by ordinary resolution at a general meeting pursuant to underlying common law. Clear or unmistakable implication is required to restrict the shareholders' inherent power.
Form DIR 12 is required to be filed within 30 days of cessation with an attachment of resolution passed for cessation and resignation of the director. The company has the authority to remove a director provided the director was not appointed by the Tribunal or the Central Government.
As per the 2013 Act, the removal of a director can only take place during a general meeting through the approval of an ordinary resolution. Notably, this condition is applicable unless the director in question was appointed either through proportional representation or under section 163.
A Consent to Act as a Director is a written consent which should be given by any person who intends to act as a director of a company. Directors have numerous duties which they have to act in ance with under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and these are strictly enforced.
The statutory procedure allows any director to be removed by ordinary resolution of the shareholders in general meetings (i.e., the holders of more than 50% of the voting shares must agree). This right of removal by the shareholders cannot be excluded by the Articles or by any agreement.
A director may be removed by: An ordinary resolution adopted at a shareholders' meeting by the persons entitled to exercise voting rights in the election of that director.
In many companies, the power to remove a director from office is granted to the board of directors or to most of the shareholders under the company's articles of association. For these companies, removing a director will require the board or most of the shareholders to serve written notice on the director in question.