Alternate director appointment requires board or articles authorisation, is temporary during absence and ends on the original's return. The Board may appoint an alternate director, if authorised by the articles or by company resolution, to act for an original director during the original director's absence from the State where Board meetings are ordinarily held for not less than three months. The alternate's office is limited to the period permissible to the original director and terminates on the original director's return; if the original director's term ends before return, automatic re appointment provisions apply to the original, not the alternate.