| 1) |
A resolution by a company shall be a special resolution if at a general meeting of which not less than twenty-one clear days' notice has been given specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution, the terms and effect of the resolution and the reasons for it and at which- |
| a) |
members holding in the aggregate not less than one-fourth of the total votes of all the members entitled to vote thereat, are present in person or by proxy; |
| b) |
in the case of a company limited by guarantee, not less than one-fourth of the members entitled to vote thereat are present in person or by proxy, |
the resolution has been passed, on a show of hands, by not less than three-fourths of the number of members of the company entitled to vote on a show of hands at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy or, where a poll has been demanded, by not less than three-fourths of the total votes to which the members present in person or by proxy are entitled.
| a) |
If less than one-fourth of the total votes of all the members entitled to attend the meeting and to vote thereat or, in the case of a company limited by guarantee, less than one-fourth of the members of such company, are present or represented at a meeting call for the purpose of passing a special resolution, the meeting shall stand adjourned to a day not earlier than seven days and not later than twenty-one days after the date of the meeting and the provisions of section 192(2) shall apply in respect of such adjournment. |
| b) |
At the adjourned meeting the members who are present in person or by proxy and are entitled to vote may deal with the business for which the original meeting was convened and a resolution passed by not less than three-fourths of such members shall be deemed to be a special resolution even if less than one-fourth of the total votes are represented at such adjourned meeting. |
| 3) |
With the consent of a majority in number of the members of a company having the right to attend and vote at such meeting and holding in the aggregate not less than ninety-five per cent of the total votes of all such members, a resolution may be proposed and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which less than twenty-one clear days' notice has been given. A copy of such consent, on the prescribed form, shall be lodged with the Registrar together with the copy of the special resolution. |
| 3A) |
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), a resolution may, with the written consent, on the prescribed form, of all the members of the company, be proposed and passed as a special resolution at a meeting of which notice as contemplated in subsection (1) has not been given. A copy of such consent, on the prescribed form, shall be lodged with the Registrar together with a copy of the special resolution. |
| 4) |
At any meeting at which a special resolution is submitted to be passed, a declaration by the chairman that the resolution is carried shall, unless a poll is demanded, be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution. |
| 5) |
When a poll is demanded regard shall be had, in computing the majority on the poll, to the number of votes cast for and against the resolution. |
| 6) |
For the purposes of this section notice of a meeting shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been duly given and the meeting shall be deemed to be duly held when the notice is given and the meeting is held in the manner provided by the articles of the company concerned. |
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
