COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 137 Registration and copies of certain resolutions and agreements.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 137

Registration and copies of certain resolutions and agreements.

137.(1) Subject to sub-section (2), a printed copy of every resolution or
agreement to which this section applies shall, within fifteen days after the
passing or making thereof, be forwarded to the registrar of companies and
recorded by him.

(2) A ... company need not forward a printed copy of any such resolution or
agreement as aforesaid to the registrar of companies if instead it forwards to
him a copy in some other form approved by him.

(3) Where articles have been registered, a copy of every such resolution or
agreement for the time being in force shall be embodied in or annexed to every
copy of the articles issued after the passing of the resolution or the making
of the agreement.

(4) Where articles have not been registered, a printed copy of every such
resolution or agreement shall be forwarded to any member at his request on
payment of [five new pence] or such less sum as the company may direct.

(5) This section shall apply to

(a)special resolutions;

(b)extraordinary resolutions;

(c)resolutions which have been agreed to by all the members of a company, but
which, if not so agreed to, would not have been effective for their purpose
unless, as the case may be, they had been passed as special resolutions or as
extraordinary resolutions;

(d)resolutions or agreements which have been agreed to by all the members of
some class of shareholders but which, if not so agreed to, would not have been
effective for their purpose unless they had been passed by some particular
majority or otherwise in some particular manner, and all resolutions or
agreements which effectively bind all the members of any class of shareholders
though not agreed to by all those members;

Para.(e) rep. by 1978 NI 12 art.153(2) sch.7

(f)resolutions requiring a company to be wound up voluntarily, passed under
paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section two hundred and forty-eight.

(6) If a company fails to comply with sub-section (1), the company and every
officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine of
two pounds.

(7) If a company fails to comply with sub-section (3) or sub-section (4),
the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding one pound for each copy in respect of which default is
made.

(8) For the purposes of sub-sections (6) and (7), a liquidator of the company
shall be deemed to be an officer of the company.

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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 137