can a company have one director

According to section 149 of the Companies Act ,2013 One person company shall have minimum one director otherwise public company shall have minimum 3 directors and private company minimum 2 directors . Maximum number director that company can have 15.However company can have more than 15 members of directors passing special resolution.

Only in case of OPC i.e, One Person Company the Company can have only 1 director.

**NUMBER OF DIRECTORS** Section 149 has put a mandatory requirement of minimum directors in company Public Company-- Minimum 3 directors Private Company-- Minimum 2 directors OPC-- Minimum 1 director So if the company is one person company then it can have one director Thanks

**Yes**, under companies act, 2013, it is possible to have only one director in a company. Such companies are known as One Person Company. **OPC is a private company.**

As per the provisions of section 149 of the companies act, 2013, every private company should have minimum 2 directors and public company should have 3 directors, and in case of 1 person company minimum number of directors is one. Maximum number of directors in a company is 15. If a company wants to have more than 15 directors it can do so by passing a special resolution. So, a private company and public company cannot have 1 director. But if the company is One person company it can have 1 director.