ACT 125

COMPANIES ACT 1965 (REVISED - 1973)

PART V - MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

DIVISION 2 - DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Section 126. Appointment of directors to be voted on individually.

(1) At a general meeting of a public company, a motion for the appointment of two or more persons as directors by a single resolution shall not be made unless a resolution that it shall be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it. (2) A resolution passed in pursuance of a motion made in contravention of this section shall be void, whether or not its being so moved was objected to at the time. (3) Where a resolution pursuant to a motion made in contravention of this section is passed no provision for the automatic reappointment of retiring directors in default of another appointment shall apply. (4) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person's appointment or for nominating a person for appointment shall be treated as a motion for his appointment. (5) Nothing in this section shall apply to a resolution altering the company's articles. (6) Nothing in this section prevents the election of two or more directors by ballot or poll.