Companies Act (Cap. 386)
Companies Act (Cap. 386), article 158
158. (1) Notice specifying the text of and reasons for a
proposed resolution of a general meeting of a company whereby i t
is intended to -
(a) remove an auditor before the expiration of his term of
office; or
(b) appoint as auditor a person other than a retiring
auditor;
shall be sent forthwith by the company to the person proposed t o be
removed, to the person proposed to be appointed and to the reti ring
auditor, as the case may be.
(2) The auditor proposed to be removed or, as the case may be,
the retiring auditor may make with respect to the intended
resolution representations in writing to the company not exceed ing
a reasonable length and request their notification to members o f the
company.
(3) The company shall, unless th e representations are received
by it too late for it to do so -
(a) in any notice of the resolution given to members of the
company, state the fact of the representations having
been made; and
(b) send a copy of the represent ations to every member of
the company to whom notice of the meeting is or has
been sent.
(4) If a copy of any such representations is not sent out as
required because it was receive d too late or because of the
company’s default, the auditor may, without prejudice to his ri ght
to be heard orally, require that the representations be read ou t at the
meeting.
Resignation of
auditor.
Amended by:
XV . 2007.9;
IX. 2008.18.
Cap. 281.
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