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(1) Every person [other than a director retiring by rotation or otherwise or a person] who has left at the office of the company a notice under Section 257 signifying his candidature for the office of a director) proposed as a candidate for the office of a director shall sign, and file with the company, his consent in writing to act as a director, if appointed. [(2) A person other than-- (a) a director re-appointed after retirement by rotation or immediately on the expiry of his term of office, or (b) an additional or alternate director, or a person filling a casual vacancy in the office of a director under Section 262, appointed as a director or reappointed as an additional or alternate director, immediately on the expiry of his term of office, or (c) a person named as a director of the company under its articles as first registered, shall not act as a director of the company unless he has within thirty days of his appointment signed and filed with the Registrar his consent in writing to act as such director.] (3) This section shall not apply to a private company unless it is a subsidiary of a public company.]