All sections · Part VII: Directors · Sub-Part I: Management of companies
131 Directores de hecho
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Sin perjuicio de la manera en que la expresión -director debe ser leída de acuerdo con la sección 2, una persona que no es formalmente nombrada como director de una compañía, pero que ocupa la posición de director o que gestiona, dirige o supervisa los negocios y asuntos de la compañía, será tratada como un director de la compañía.
(2) Una persona que es tratada bajo la subsección (1) como un director de una empresa se denomina en esta Ley como un director de facto.
(3) Una persona no será un director de facto de una empresa por el mero hecho de ser un asesor profesional de la empresa o de uno de sus directores.
(4) Si en algún momento una sociedad no tiene un director formalmente designado como tal, cualquier director de facto será considerado, a los efectos de esta Ley, como un director de la sociedad.
(2) Una persona que es tratada bajo la subsección (1) como un director de una empresa se denomina en esta Ley como un director de facto.
(3) Una persona no será un director de facto de una empresa por el mero hecho de ser un asesor profesional de la empresa o de uno de sus directores.
(4) Si en algún momento una sociedad no tiene un director formalmente designado como tal, cualquier director de facto será considerado, a los efectos de esta Ley, como un director de la sociedad.
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): De facto directors
(1) Without limiting the manner in which the expression „director“ is to be
read by virtue of section 2 and subject to subsection (3), a person who
has not been formally appointed as a director of a company but who
occupies the position of director, or who manages, directs or supervises
the business and affairs of the company, shall be treated as a director of
the company.
(2) A person who, by virtue of subsection (1), is treated as a director of a
company is in this Act referred to as a de facto director.
(3) A person shall not be a de facto director of a company by reason only of
the fact that he or she gives advice in a professional capacity to the
company or any of the directors of it.
(4) If at any time a company does not have a director who has been formally
appointed as such, any de factodirector is deemed to be a director of the
company for the purposes of this Act.
read by virtue of section 2 and subject to subsection (3), a person who
has not been formally appointed as a director of a company but who
occupies the position of director, or who manages, directs or supervises
the business and affairs of the company, shall be treated as a director of
the company.
(2) A person who, by virtue of subsection (1), is treated as a director of a
company is in this Act referred to as a de facto director.
(3) A person shall not be a de facto director of a company by reason only of
the fact that he or she gives advice in a professional capacity to the
company or any of the directors of it.
(4) If at any time a company does not have a director who has been formally
appointed as such, any de factodirector is deemed to be a director of the
company for the purposes of this Act.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
21. The principal Act is amended, by repealing section 131, and
substituting therefor the following section —
Deemed directors
“131. If at any time a company does not have a director, any
person who manages, or who directs or supervises the management
of the business and affairs of the company is deemed to be a director
of the company for the purposes of this Act.”.
substituting therefor the following section —
Deemed directors
“131. If at any time a company does not have a director, any
person who manages, or who directs or supervises the management
of the business and affairs of the company is deemed to be a director
of the company for the purposes of this Act.”.
