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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 127

Length of notice for calling meetings.

127.(1) Any provision of a company's articles shall be void in so far as it
provides for the calling of a meeting of the company (other than an adjourned
meeting) by a shorter notice than

(a)in the case of the annual general meeting, twenty-one days' notice in
writing [where the company is neither a private company nor an
unlimited company and ten days' notice in writing where it is a
private company or an unlimited company]; and

(b)in the case of a meeting other than an annual general meeting or a meeting
for the passing of a special resolution, fourteen days' notice in writing
[where the company is neither a private company nor an unlimited company and
ten days' notice in writing where it is a private company or an
unlimited company].

(2) Save in so far as the articles of a company make other provision in that
behalf (not being a provision avoided by sub-section (1)) a meeting of
the company (other than an adjourned meeting) may be called

(a)in the case of the annual general meeting, by twenty-one days' notice in
writing [where the company is neither a private company nor an
unlimited company and by ten days' notice in writing where it is a
private company or an unlimited company]; and

(b)in the case of a meeting other than an annual general meeting or a meeting
for the passing of a special resolution, by fourteen days' notice in writing
[where the company is neither a private company nor an unlimited company and
by ten days' notice in writing where it is a private company or an
unlimited company].

(3) A meeting of a company shall, notwithstanding that it is called by shorter
notice than that specified in sub-section (2) or in the company's articles, as
the case may be, be deemed to have been duly called if it is so agreed [by the
auditors of the company, and]

(a)in the case of a meeting called as the annual general meeting, by all the
members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

(b)in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the members
having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together
holding not less than ninety-five per cent. in nominal value of the shares
giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting, or, in the case of a company
not having a share capital, together representing not less than ninety-five
per cent. of the total voting rights at that meeting of all the members.

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