Director Identification Number (DIN)
DIN is a unique Director identification number allotted by the Central Government to any person intending to be a Director or an existing director of a company.
It is an 8-digit unique identification number which has a lifetime validity. Through DIN, details of the directors are maintained in a database.
DIN is specific to a person, which means even if he is a director in 2 or more companies, he has to obtain only 1 DIN. And if he leaves a company and joins some other, the same DIN would work in the other company as well.
SPICe form
Application for allotment of DINs to the proposed first Directors in respect of New companies shall be made in SPICe form only.
DIR 3 Form:
Any person intending to become a director in an already existing company shall have to make an application in eForm DIR-3 for allotment of DIN.
DIR-6 Form:
Any changes in the particulars of the directors shall be filed in form DIR-6 To apply for DIN, the above forms are to be filed electronically. It has to be digitally signed and then uploaded on the MCA21 portal
REASON FOR CANCELLING DIN :
The Central government may cancel the DIN due to the following reasons:
- If a duplicate DIN has been issued to the director
- The person has been declared unsound mind by the court
- The person has been adjudicated as insolvent
- . On the death of the concerned person
- DIN was obtained by fraudulent means
A person is appointed as a director in any company as per the Companies Act 2013, he cannot relinquish his DIN in the future. Even if he doesn’t remain a director anymore in that company or in any other company, his DIN will exist as it is.
The director can also surrender the DIN in Form DIR-5. With the form, he has to submit a declaration that he has never been appointed as a director in the company and the said DIN has never been used for filing any document with any authority. Upon verifying the e-records, the central government will de-activate the DIN.