COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 131 Right to demand a poll.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 131

Right to demand a poll.

131.(1) Any provision contained in a company's articles shall be void in so
far as it would have the effect either

(a)of excluding the right to demand a poll at a general meeting on any
question other than the election of the chairman of the meeting or the
adjournment of the meeting; or

(b)of making ineffective a demand for a poll on any such question which is
made

(i)by not less than five members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

(ii)by a member or members representing not less than one-tenth of the total
voting rights of all the members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

<(iii)by a member or members holding shares in the company conferring a right to vote at the meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right.


(2) The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of a company shall
be deemed also to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll, and
for the purposes of sub-section (1) a demand by a person as proxy for a member
shall be the same as a demand by the member.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 131