Singapore legislation

Clause 146

Articles as to right to demand a poll

(1)

Any provision contained in a company’s articles shall be void in so far as it would have the effect —

(a)

of excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any question or matter other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting;

(b)

of making ineffective a demand for a poll on any question or matter other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the adjournment of the meeting that is made —

(i)

by not less than five members having the right to vote at the meeting;

(ii)

by a member or members representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

(iii)

by a member or members holding shares in the company conferring a right to vote at the meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right; or

(c)

of requiring the instrument appointing a proxy or any other document necessary to show the validity of or otherwise relating to the appointment of a proxy to be received by the company or any other person more than forty-eight hours before a meeting or adjourned meeting in order that the appointment may be effective thereat.[U.K.s. 137.][Aust. s. 139.]

(2)

The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, and for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a demand by a person as proxy for a member of the company shall be deemed to be the same as a demand by the member.

(3)

A person entitled to vote on a poll at a meeting shall be deemed to be a person entitled to vote for the purposes of this Act.

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