All sections · Part VII: Directors · Sub-Part I: Management of companies
131 De facto styrelseledamöter
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
(1) Utan att det påverkar det sätt på vilket uttrycket -direktör ska läsas i enlighet med avsnitt 2, ska en person som inte formellt är utsedd till direktör i ett bolag men som innehar en direktörsposition eller som leder, styr eller övervakar bolagets verksamhet och affärer behandlas som en direktör i bolaget.
(2) En person som enligt underavsnitt (1) behandlas som styrelseledamot i ett bolag kallas i denna lag för faktisk styrelseledamot.
(3) En person ska inte vara faktisk styrelseledamot i ett bolag enbart på grund av att han är professionell rådgivare till bolaget eller till en av dess styrelseledamöter.
(4) Om ett bolag vid någon tidpunkt inte har någon styrelseledamot som formellt har utsetts till sådan, ska varje de facto styrelseledamot anses vara en styrelseledamot i bolaget vid tillämpningen av denna lag.
(2) En person som enligt underavsnitt (1) behandlas som styrelseledamot i ett bolag kallas i denna lag för faktisk styrelseledamot.
(3) En person ska inte vara faktisk styrelseledamot i ett bolag enbart på grund av att han är professionell rådgivare till bolaget eller till en av dess styrelseledamöter.
(4) Om ett bolag vid någon tidpunkt inte har någon styrelseledamot som formellt har utsetts till sådan, ska varje de facto styrelseledamot anses vara en styrelseledamot i bolaget vid tillämpningen av denna lag.
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.”.
