COMPANIES ACT, 19.4
Votes of Members.
20. Every member shall have one vote.
21. A member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order
has been made, by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote,
whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, curator
bonis, or other person in the nature of a committee or curator bonis
appointed by that court, and any such committee, curator bonis. or
other person may, on a poll, vote by proxy.
22. No member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting
unless all moneys presently payable bv him to the companv have
been paid.
23. On a poll votes mav be given either personally or by proxy.
24. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under
the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing
or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under the seal, or under
the hand of an officer or attornev so authorised. A proxv need not
be a member of the company.
25. The instrument appointing a proxy and the power of attorney
or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially
certified copv of that power or authority shall be deposited at the
registered office of the company not less than forty-eight hours before
the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the
person named in the instrument proposes to vote, and in default the
instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.
--26. An instrument appointing a proxy may be in the following
form, or anv other form which the directors shall approve :—
“smpany, Limited.
/
of in the co
being a member of the Company,
Limited, hereby appoint of
as my proxy to vote for me and on
my behalf at the [ordinary or extraordinary, as the case
may be] general meeting of the companv to be held on the
day of and at
any adjournment thereof.”
Signed this day of
27. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer
authoritv to demand or join in demanding a poll.
Corporations acting by Representatives at Meetings.
28. Any corporation which is a member of the company may 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 and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise
the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents
as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual member of
the companv.