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Penalties
| Section | Nature of Default | Person Liable | Quantum of Penalty / Fine |
| 157(2) | Failure to furnish DIN to Registrar (Company fails to intimate Director’s DIN to ROC within 15 days of receiving it) | 1. Company 2. Officer in Default | Penalty: • Fixed: ₹25,000 • Continuing: ₹100 per day • Maximum: ₹1,00,000 |
| 159 | Contravention of DIN Rules (Default in complying with Sec 152 (Appointment), Sec 155 (Duplicate DIN), or Sec 156 (Intimation of DIN)) | Individual / Director | Penalty: • Up to: ₹50,000 • Continuing: ₹500 per day |
| 165(6) | Exceeding Maximum Directorships (Holding office in more than 20 companies or more than 10 public companies) | Director | Penalty: • Rate: ₹2,000 per day (for each day violation continues) • Maximum: ₹2,00,000 |
| 166(7) | Breach of Duties of Directors (Acting in bad faith, lack of due care, undue gain, assigning office, etc.) | Director | Fine: • Minimum: ₹1,00,000 • Maximum: ₹5,00,000 |
| 167(2) | Vacation of Office (Functioning as a director knowing that the office has become vacant due to disqualification) | Director | Fine: • Minimum: ₹1,00,000 • Maximum: ₹5,00,000 (Imprisonment was removed by Amendment Act, 2020) |
| 172 | Residual / General Penalty (Contravention of any provision in Chapter XI for which no specific penalty is provided, e.g., Sec 149) | 1. Company 2. Officer in Default | Penalty: • Fixed: ₹50,000 • Continuing: ₹500 per day • Maximum: ₹3,00,000 (Company) / ₹1,00,000 (Officer) |
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Other Timelines
| Section | Event | Time Limit (“Within”) | Form |
| 157(1) | Company to intimate DIN of directors to ROC | 15 Days of receipt of intimation from Director | DIR-3C |
| 152(5) | Company to file consent of Director with ROC | 30 Days of appointment | DIR-12 |
| 168(1) | Company to file notice of Resignation of Director with ROC | 30 Days of receipt of notice | DIR-12 |
| Rule 14 | Company to file DIR-9 (Disqualification details) with ROC | 30 Days of receipt of DIR-8 | DIR-9 |
| 156 | Director to intimate DIN to the Company (Existing directors) | 1 Month of receipt of DIN + 15 days within receipt, company to tell to ROC | – |
| 154 | Central Govt to allot DIN to applicant | 1 Month of receipt of application | – |