Companies Act 2014
F68[Voting on resolutions at general meeting during interim period
195A. (1) Where, during the interim period, a company has included, in the notice of a general meeting, a notice of intention to require voting on a poll on all resolutions in the first-mentioned notice—
(a) all resolutions at the meeting shall be taken on a poll, and
(b) subsections (1), (2), (3) and (7) of section 189 shall not apply to the voting on a poll at that meeting.
(2) Where, during the interim period, a general meeting is conducted by way of electronic communications technology in accordance with section 174A, the chairperson of the meeting may conduct a vote to decide on a resolution by a show of hands of every member who is participating in the meeting by way of such technology where the chairperson is of the opinion that he or she can identify the members entitled to vote and verify the content of voting instructions relating to the resolution.]
Annotations
Amendments:
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Inserted (21.08.2020) by Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions (Covid-19) Act 2020 (9/2020), s. 11, S.I. No. 320 of 2020. Note extensions of interim period by statutory instruments made under s. 12A.
Editorial Notes:
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The section heading is taken from the amending section in the absence of one included in the amendment.