Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 129
129. (1) The directors of a company shall on the requisition of
one or more members of the company, holding not less than one -
tenth of the paid-up share capital of the company on the date o f the
deposit of the requisition, which share capital carries the rig ht of
voting at general meetings of th e company, forthwith proceed to
duly convene an extraordinary general meeting of the company
within twenty-one (21) days from the date of the deposit of the
requisition, to be held not later than two (2) months from the date
of the deposit of the requisition.
(2) The requisition shall state the objects of the meeting and
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shall be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the reg istered
office of the company and may consist of several documents in
like form, each s igned by all the requisitionists.
(3) If the directors do not duly proceed to hold a meeting as
referred to in sub-article (1), the requisitionists may convene a meeting
in the same manner, as far as possible, as that in which meetin gs are to
be convened by the directors, provided that such a meeting shal l be held
before the expiration of three (3) months from the date of the deposit of
the requisition.
(4) Any reasonable expense incurred by the requisitionists by
reason of the failure of the dir ectors to hold a meeting shall be repaid to
the requisitionists by the compa ny, and any sum so repaid shall be due
personally by the directors who were in default and may be reta ined by
the company out of any amount due or which may become due by th e
company by way of fees or other remuneration in respect of thei r
services to such directors who were in default.
Length of notice
for calling general
meetings.
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