Board of Governors of Section 25 Company

This query is : Resolved 

Avatar

Querist : Anonymous

Profile Image
Querist : Anonymous (Querist)
30 November 2010 My client is a Section 25 Company. It has a board of governors to look after the management of the institute.

My query is whether a Board of Governors is equivalent to a Board of Directors.

I also wish to know whether all the members of the Board of Governors are required to be registered as Directors of the company. Or only the minimum number of members may be registered to fulfill the requirements of the statute.

Kindly clarify along with relevant sections or case laws to justify.

30 November 2010 Hi


No, Board of Governor is not equivalent to Board. The role and responsibility of Board of Directors are decided as per Companies Act, 1956.

It is not compulsion that all the members of Board of Governors should be director of such company.

There are following exemption regarding director to section 25 Companies:

 Appointment of Directors by Rotation and Filing of Vacancy: The provisions of section 255 and 256 relate to retirement of director by annual rotation and filing of vacancies. Section 25 can be exempt from the application of these provisions. There can be no objection to the nomination and election by a member company, which has not paid the subscription for the relevant year. (Department’s Circular No.23(29) dated 07-05-1964)
 Right of Persons other than Retiring Director to stand for Directorship: If the Articles of section 25 company provide for election of the Directors by ballot system then the provisions of section 257 will not apply to such a company and as a result a person who is not a retiring director and is intending to stand for directorship will not have to follow the procedure laid down by section 257. (Section 257)
 Increase in Number of directors: Section 25 companies are exempted from section 259 and are thus free to increase the number of its directors without seeking approval of Central Government. (Vide Notification No. 2767, dated 05-08-1964) (Section 259)
 Consent to Act as a Director: A person seeking appointment as a director for the first time need not file his consent in advance with the company for working as director if appointed in section 25 company.


Regards


You need to be the querist or approved CAclub expert to take part in this query .
Click here to login now


CCI Pro
CAclubindia's WhatsApp Groups Link


Similar Resolved Queries


loading


Unanswered Queries



CCI Pro
Meet our CAclubindia PRO Members

Follow us
add to google news



Answer Query



Company
Featured 19 March 2026
Article Assistant

Gupta Sachdeva & Co. Chartered Accountants

New Delhi

CA Final

View Details
Company
Featured 28 March 2026
Accountant

Ashok Amol & Associates

New Delhi

B.Com

View Details
Company
Featured 13 April 2026
GST CONSULTANCY

Abhishek G Agrawal & Co.

Korba

CA Final

View Details
Company
Featured 28 March 2026
CA Final

Ashok Amol & Associates

New Delhi

CA Final

View Details
Company
Featured 14 March 2026
Associate CA

N N V Satish&co

Hyderabad

CA

View Details
Company
Featured 14 April 2026
GST CONSULTANT

Abhishek G Agrawal & Co.

Korba

CA Final

View Details
Company
Featured 14 March 2026
Article Trainee

N N V Satish&co

Hyderabad

CA Inter

View Details