The Companies Act, 1956
340. TIME WHEN CERTAIN DISQUALIFICATIONS WILL TAKE EFFECT.
(1) The disqualifications imposed by clause (a) of section 334, by sub-section (1) of section 335, by section 336, and by any resolution passed in pursuance of clause (ii) of section 337, shall not take effect -(a) for thirty days from the date of the order of adjudication, appointment of the receiver, sentence, or finding of the Court, as the case may be, or(b) where any appeal or petition is preferred within the thirty days aforesaid against the order, appointment, sentence or conviction resulting in the sentence, or finding, until the expiry of seven days from the date on which such appeal or petition is disposed of, or(c) where within the seven days aforesaid, any further appeal or petition is preferred in respect of the order, appointment, sentence, conviction or finding, as the case may be, and the appeal or petition, if allowed, would result in the removal of the disqualification, or in making the resolution inapplicable, as the case may be, until suchfurther appeal or petition is disposed of.
(2) In the cases referred to in sub-section (1), the Board may suspend the managing agent from office immediately on, or at any time after, the adjudication, appointment, sentence or finding referred to in clause (a) of that sub-section and until the disposal of the appeal and petitions, if any, referred to in clauses (b) and (c) thereof, or until the convicted partner, director or officer is expelled or dismissed in pursuance of section 341, as the case may be.
