Section 253 - Only individuals to be directors. - Companies Act, 1956

Only individuals to be directors. 253. No body corporate, association or firm shall be appointed director of a [1] [* * *] company, and only an individual shall be so appointed: [2] [Provided that no company shall appoint or re-appoint any individual as director of the company unless he has been allotted a Director Identification Number under section 266B.] -------------------------------------- Notes:- [1] The words "public or private" omitted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1960, Act 65 of 1960, section 82. [2] Inserted by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2006, w.e.f. 1-11-2006.