Companies Act, 1956
Section - 297 - Board’s sanction to be required for certain contracts in which particular directors are interested
Board’s sanction to be required for certain contracts in which particular directors are interested.297. (1) Except with the consent of the Board of directors of a company, a director of the company or his relative, a firm in which such a director or relative is a partner, any other partner in such a firm, or a private company of which the director is a member or director, shall not enter into any contract with the company— (a) for the sale, purchase or supply of any goods, materials or services; or (b) after the commencement of this Act, for underwriting the subscription of any shares in, or debentures of, the company:[Provided that in the case of a company having a paid-up share capital of not less than rupees one crore, no such contract shall be entered into except with the previous approval of the Central Government.][(2) Nothing contained in clause (a
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