Kailash, a director of a company has sent in his resignation notice stating that he is resigning from the office of director with effect from 10th December, 2019. The notice was received by the company on 15th December,

According to Section 168(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, the resignation of a director shall take effect from the date on which the notice is received by the company or the date, if any, specified by the director in the notice, whichever is later. Thus, in the given case, the resignation of Kailash shall take effect from December 15, 2019 . Section 168(1) read with Rule 15 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualifications of Directors) Rules, 2014 stipulates that the company shall within thirty days from the date of receipt of notice of resignation from a director, intimate to the Registrar of Companies in Form DIR-12 along with specified fees and post the information on its website, if any. Thus, in this case the company will have to file form DIR-12 by January 14, 2020 . According to Rule 16 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualifications of Directors) Rules, 2014 the resigning director may also forward to the Registrar of Companies, a copy of his resignation along with reasons for the resignation in form DIR-11 along with specified fees within a period of thirty days from the date of resignation.