Company Law - Meetings & Proceedings
Company Law - Meetings & Proceedings
Company Law - Meetings & Proceedings
PROCEEDINGS
Meetings of a company
may be classified as
follows…
Statutory meetings…
A public company limited by shares or a
guarantee company having share capital
is required to hold a statutory meeting.
Such a statutory meeting is held only
once in the lifetime of the company.
Such a meeting must be held within a
period of not less than one month or
within a period not more than six months
from the date on which it is entitled to
commence business
Statutory report
The report forwarded to every member of
the company by the board of members at
least 21 days before the actual date of the
meeting.
Procedure of the meeting….
List of the members
Discussion of matters relating to
formational aspect
Adjournment
Annual general
meetings
Must be held by every type of company,
public or private, limited by shares or by
guarantee, with or without share capital or
unlimited company, once a year. Every
company must in each year hold an annual
general meeting. Not more than 15 months
must elapse between two annual general
meetings.
Time and place of meeting
21 days notice
Extraordinary meetings
A meeting for transacting some urgent
or special business which cannot be
postponed till the next AGM.
Requisites of a valid
meeting are….
Notice of meeting – should contain the
details of place, date, hour & purpose.
Quorum for the meeting – minimum no.
of members that must be present to
constitute a valid meeting. Minimum 5
for public company and 2 for any other
company.
Chairman or the presiding officer must
be present in the meeting.
Minutes of the meeting.
Proxies
An authority who can represent and vote
for another person at a meeting is called
a proxy.
Proxy to be in writing
It should be deposited 48 hours before
the meeting.
Voting and Poll
Resolution
The questions which generally come for
consideration at the general meeting of
a company are presented in the form of
proposals called ‘motions’ and when this
motion is carried, it becomes a
‘resolution’.
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