I hereby consent to act as a director of the Company with effect from the date of this letter. I am not, nor have I been, disqualified from acting as a director of a company, nor have I performed any acts, nor are there any circumstances, pursuant to which I could be so disqualified.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I hereby consent to act as a director of the Company. My consent will continue until I either revoke my consent or resign as a director. I certify that I am not disqualified from acting as a director. Note: Any previous names used in the last 20 years are listed below.
What does 'consent to act' mean? As the wording suggests, this means that the person or corporate body being appointed as a director or secretary has given their permission to take on the role in question and understands the duties that come with it.
The act of giving consent means that a person intends to allow, approve, agree, or is willing to comply with something. A consent form is a document that is signed by a person (or on behalf of the person whom they are a guardian) to show that they are in agreement with the contents of the document.
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.