Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Legal Profession (General Meetings) By-laws

Regulation 2

Notice of general meeting

Amended byS 691/2018 wef 15/10/2018

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 691/2018 wef 15/10/2018

The Secretary of the Law Society of Singapore shall give written notice by circular of any general meeting to be convened to every member of the Society present in Singapore at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting.

Subregulation 2

Such written notice shall specify the time, date and place of the meeting and the business to be transacted thereat.

Subregulation 3

In the case of an annual general meeting, the notice shall be accompanied by the report and accounts referred to in section 67(3) of the Act, and such notice, report and accounts may be given using electronic communications to the current address designated or notified by the member for this purpose.

Subregulation 4

Notwithstanding paragraph (3), a member may before 30th September of each year request in writing to the Society to send him the hard copies of the notice, report and accounts for the annual general meeting.

Subregulation 5

For the purposes of paragraph (3), the report and accounts (referred to as the documents) shall also be treated as given or sent by electronic communications to a member where —

(a)

the documents are published on the website of the Society and remain accessible to that member from the website throughout the period beginning at least 14 days before the date of the meeting and ending with the conclusion of the meeting; and

(b)

the member is notified at least 14 days before the date of the meeting, of —

(i)

the publication of the documents on the website of the Society;

(ii)

the address of that website; and

(iii)

the place on the website where the documents may be accessed, and how they may be accessed.

Subregulation 6

Nothing in paragraph (5)(a) shall invalidate the proceedings of an annual general meeting if —

(a)

the documents are published and remain accessible for a part, but not all, of the period mentioned in that paragraph; and

(b)

the failure to publish and make accessible those documents throughout that period is wholly attributable to circumstances where it would not be reasonable to have expected the Society to prevent or avoid.