Short title and commencement.-
(1) These rules may be called the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2022.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, ―
(i) in rule 8, after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided further that in case the person seeking appointment is a national of a country which shares land border with India, necessary security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India shall also be attached alongwith the consent.”;
(ii) in rule 10, in sub-rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –
“Provided that no application number shall be generated in case of the person applying for Director Identification Number is a national of a country which shares land border with India, unless necessary security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has been attached alongwith application for Director Identification Number.”.
iii) in the Annexure, –
(A) in Form DIR-2, under the heading Declaration, the existing paragraph, shall be numbered as paragraph
(i) thereof and after the paragraph (i) as so numbered, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“(ii) I further declare that –
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