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Annual Return
Meetings and Proceedings
Statutory meeting and statutory report.
Annual general meeting.
Convening of extraordinary general meeting on requisition.
Length of notice for calling meetings.
General provisions as to meetings and votes and power of court to order meeting.
Proxies and voting on poll.
Procedure for compulsory adjournment.
Representation of corporations at meeting of company and of creditors.
Circulation of members’ resolutions.
Definition of special resolution.
Written resolutions.
Resolutions requiring special notice.
Registration and copies of special resolution.
Resolutions passed at adjourned meetings.
Minutes of proceedings of meetings of company or directors or managers.
Inspection of minute books.
Accounts and Audit
Keeping of books of account.
Profit and loss account and balance sheet and financial year of holding company and subsidiary.
General provisions as to contents and form of accounts.
Meaning of holding company, subsidiary and wholly owned subsidiary.
Obligation to lay group accounts before holding company.
Form and contents of group accounts.
Accounts and auditor’s report to be annexed to signed balance sheet.
Directors’ report to be attached to balance sheet.
Defence to certain charges.
Right to receive copy of balance sheet and auditor’s report.
Appointment and remuneration of auditors.
Special notice required of resolution to appoint or remove auditor.
Disqualifications for appointment as auditor.
Auditor’s report.
Auditor’s right of access to books and to attend general meetings.
Construction of references to documents annexed to accounts.
Inspection
Investigation by Registrar.
Investigation of company’s affairs on application of members.
Investigation of company’s affairs in other cases.
Power of inspectors to investigate related companies.
Production of documents and evidence on investigation.
Inspector’s report.
Proceedings on inspector’s report.
Expenses of investigation of company’s affairs.
Appointment and powers of inspectors to investigate ownership of company.
Power to require information as to persons interested in shares or debentures.
Power to impose restrictions on shares or debentures.
Saving for legal practitioners and bankers.
Inspector’s report to be evidence.
Directors and Other Officers
169. Directors and secretary.
170. Validity of acts of directors.
171. Restrictions on appointment or advertisement of director.
172. Share qualifications of directors.
173. Disqualification for appointment as director.
173A. Qualifications for appointment as secretary of public company.
173B. Disqualification for appointment as secretary of any company.
174. Appointment of directors to be voted on individually.
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