Understanding Alternate Director Appointments: How Does Section 161(2) of the Companies Act Work?

Provision of Section 161(2) of the Companies Act, 2013

The Board of Directors of a company may, if so authorized by its articles or by a resolution passed by the company in a general meeting, appoint a person, not being a person holding any alternate directorship for any other director in the company, to act as an alternate director for a director during his absence for a period of not less than three months from India.

The following procedure is to be followed for Appointment of an Alternate Director.

Check this link [Section 161: Appointment of additional director, alternate director, and nominee director | CAIRR](http://ca2013.com/161-appointment-of-additional-director-alternate-director-and-nominee-director/) for an integrated view of the provisions related to alternate directors.