Declaration

Director’s Declaration of Non-Disqualification (DIR-8)

Filed by each director confirming that they are not disqualified to act as a director under Section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013.

DECLARATION OF NON-DISQUALIFICATION BY DIRECTOR

Form DIR-8 · Section 164(2) read with Rule 14(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014

To,
The Board of Directors,
[Company Name]
CIN: [Corporate Identity Number]
[Registered Office Address]

I, [Director Name], son/daughter/wife of [Relation Name], resident of [Full Residential Address], holding Director Identification Number (DIN) [DIN], being a director / proposed to be appointed as a director of [Company Name], do hereby declare and confirm as under:

  1. That I have not incurred any of the disqualifications specified under Section 164 of the Companies Act, 2013, and Rules made thereunder.
  2. That I am not disqualified from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, on account of default by any company in which I am or was a director.
  3. That no company in which I am or have been a director has failed to file its financial statements or annual returns for a continuous period of three financial years, nor failed to repay deposits, redeem debentures, pay declared dividends or interest thereon.
  4. That I have not been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude, nor is any order disqualifying me for appointment as director in force.

I undertake to intimate the Board immediately upon incurring any disqualification during my tenure as director.

Signature: __________________
Name: [Director Name]
DIN: [DIN]
Place: [Place]
Date: [DD/MM/YYYY]

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  • Company Name
  • CIN
  • Director Name
  • DIN
  • Residential Address
  • Place & Date

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