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The Companies Act, 2013

Chapter XI - Appointment And Qualification of Directors (149-172)

Section 163- Option to adopt principle of proportional representation for appointment of directors.

[Notification/Effective date: 12-09-2013 ]

Section 163- Option to adopt principle of proportional representation for appointment of directors. [Corresponds to Section 265 of the Companies Act, 1956]

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the articles of a company may provide for the appointment of not less than two-third of the total number of the directors of a company in accordance with the principle of proportional representation, whether by the single transferable vote or by a system of cumulative voting or otherwise and such appointments may be made once in every three years and casual vacancies of such directors shall be filled as provided in sub-section (4) of section 161.


Section 163 shall not apply to —

(a) a Government Company in which the entire paid up share capital is held by the Central Government, or by any State Government or Governments or by the Central Government and one or more State Governments;

(b) a subsidiary of a Government company, referred to in (a) above, in which the entire paid up share capital is held by that Government company.-  Notification F No 1/2/2014-CL.V dated 05.06.2015.