COMPANIES ACT, 1929 
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(@) a meeting of a company, other than a meeting for the passing 
of a special resolution, may be called by seven days’ notice 
in writing; 
notice of the meeting of a company shall be served on 
every member of the company in the manner in which 
notices are required to be served by Table A, and for the 
purpose of this paragraph the expression ‘Table A’ means 
that Table as for the time being in force; 
two or more members holding not less than one-tenth of 
the issued share capital or, if the company has not a share 
capital, not less than five per cent. in number of the 
members of the company may call a meeting; 
in the case of a private company two members, and in the 
case of any other company three members, personally 
present shall be a quorum; 
any member elected by the members present at a meeting 
may be chairman thereof; 
in the case of a company originally having a share capital, 
every member shall have one vote in respect of each share 
or each ten pounds of stock held by him, and in any other 
case every member shall have one vote. 
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e) 
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2) If for any reason it is impracticable to call a meeting of a 
company in any manner in which meetings of that company may be 
called, or to conduct the meeting of the company in manner prescribed 
by the articles or this Act, the court may, either of its own motion or 
on the application of any director of the company or of any member 
of the company who would be entitled to vote at the meeting, order 
a meeting of the company to be called, held and conducted in such 
manner as the court thinks fit, and where any such order is made 
may give such ancillary or consequential directions as it thinks 
expedient, and any meeting called, held and conducted in accord- 
ance with any such order shall for all purposes be deemed to be a 
meeting of the company duly called, held and conducted. 
116.—(1) A corporation, whether a company within the meaning Representation 
of this Act or not, may— ans ot 
(a) if it is a member of another corporation, being a company OLper Sompmies 
within the meaning of this Act, by resolution of its directors 
or other governing body authorise such person as it thinks 
fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the company 
or at any meeting of any class of members of the company; 
if it is a creditor (including a holder of debentures) of 
another corporation, being a company within the meaning 
of this Act, by resolution of its directors or other governing 
body authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its 
representative at any meeting of any creditors of the 
company held in pursuance of this Act or of any rules made 
thereunder, or in pursuance of the provisions contained in 
any debenture or trust deed, as the case may be.