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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-88",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/88",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The office of director shall be vacated if the director—\n(a) ceases to be a director by virtue of section 182 or 185 of the Act; or\n(b) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally ; or\n(c) becomes prohibited from being a director by reason of any order made under section 188 of the Act ; or\n(d) becomes of unsound mind ; or\n(e) resigns his office by notice in writing to the company ; or\n(f) shall for more than six months have been absent without permission of the directors from meetings of the directors held during that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:04.638870+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}