Clause 73

by deleting the words “under this section or to appoint some person in place of a director so removed at the meeting at which he is removed, and on receipt of notice of an intended resolution to remove a director under this section” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “of a public company under subsection (1) or to appoint some person in place of a director so removed at the meeting at which he is removed, and on receipt of notice of an intended resolution to remove a director under subsection (1)”;

by deleting the word “company” where it appears for the first time in subsections (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “public company”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “a director” in subsection (5), the words “of a public company”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “appointed director” in subsection (6), the words “of a public company”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “removed” in subsection (7), the words “as a director of a public company”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) Subject to any provision to the contrary in the constitution, a private company may by ordinary resolution remove a director before the expiration of his period of office notwithstanding anything in any agreement between the private company and the director.”.