Companies Act, 1956

Section - 316 - Number of companies of which one person may be appointed managing director

Number of companies of which one person may be appointed managing director.

316. (1) [No public company and no private company which is a subsidiary of a public company] shall, after the commencement of this Act, appoint or employ any person as managing director, if he is either the managing director or the manager of [any other company (including a private company which is not a subsid­iary of a public company)], except as provided in sub-section (2).

(2) [A public company or a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company] may appoint or employ a person as its managing director, if he is the managing director or manager of one, and of not more than one, [other company (including a private company which is not a subsidiary of a public company)] :

Provided that such appointment or employment is made or approved by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board with the consent of all the directors present at the meeting and of which meeting, and of the resolution to be moved thereat, specific notice has been given to all the directors then in India.

(3) Where, at the commencement of this Act, any person is holding the office either of managing di .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store
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