A statement saying that they agree to act as a director of the nonprofit. the date on which they will begin to serve as director.
Section 66(7) is clear that a person can act as a director or, in other words, is entitled to serve as such when he or she has, for instance, provided written consent to the company to act as a director.
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.
Subject: Consent to act as a director. I ………………………, hereby give my consent to act as director of ……….. (name of the company), pursuant to sub-section (5) of section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and certify that I am not disqualified to become a director under the Companies Act, 2013.
Once your company approves the decision to appoint a specific director, that director must formally provide their consent to act as director in the form of a signed letter. This letter is a “consent to act”.
The statutory provision allowing any director to be removed from office by ordinary resolution of the shareholders is in Section 168 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA06). Importantly, the resolution must be proposed at a formal shareholders' meeting and cannot be passed as a written resolution.
What is a director's consent? In a director's consent an individual agrees in writing to be a director of a nonprofit. Every director who is elected or appointed needs to sign a consent. The consent needs to be signed within 10 days of being elected or appointed as a director.